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green · warm

#bccd86

a light, soft green · warm · closest name: Dark Khaki

Token name suggestion: Drift Moss

RGB
188, 205, 134
HSL
74°, 42%, 67%
CMYK
8, 0, 35, 20
Luminance
0.5608

#bccd86 is a light soft green, 74° on the wheel and 37/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (12.22:1). As text it scores 1.72:1 on white — use #6B7C33 instead. Nearest name is Dark Khaki, nearest Tailwind family is lime.

hsl(74 42% 67%)rgb(188 205 134)Base step 400AAA inkWarm

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #bccd86 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#bccd86
Hue
74°
green
Saturation
42%
soft
Lightness
67%
light
Brightness
80%
HSV value
Perceived
76%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.5608
WCAG relative
Temperature
Warm
37/100 cool
Color family
Green
Tone
Soft
Best ink
Black
12.22:1
Closest name
Dark Khaki
ΔE2000 8.1
Chroma
37.7
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.819
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
lime
500 · ΔE 13.4
Web-safe
#CCCC99
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue74° of 360°
Saturation42%
Lightness67%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #bccd86.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool37% cool

Reads warm. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red19%
Green78%
Blue3%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#bccd86
HEX (8-digit)#bccd86ff
RGBrgb(188, 205, 134)
RGBArgba(188, 205, 134, 1)
HSLhsl(74, 42%, 67%)
HSV / HSBhsv(74, 35%, 80%)
HWBhwb(74 53% 20%)
CMYKcmyk(8%, 0%, 35%, 20%)
LABlab(79.7 -17.3 33.5)
LCHlch(79.7 37.7 117.3)
OKLCHoklch(0.819 0.095 119.5)
XYZ (D65)xyz(46.87, 56.08, 30.90)
Decimal12373382
Display P3color(display-p3 0.737 0.804 0.525)
Web-safe#CCCC99

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #bccd86;
background-color: #bccd86;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #bccd86;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#bccd86] bg-[#bccd86]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #bccd86;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.737, green: 0.804, blue: 0.525)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.737, green: 0.804, blue: 0.525, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#BCCD86</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFBCCD86)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFBCCD86)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(134, 205, 188)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(188, 205, 134)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(188, 205, 134)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 188, 205, 134)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.7373f, 0.8039f, 0.5255f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{188,205,134}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #bccd86 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #bccd86 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#4E5A25, #E7EDD4);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #bccd86 h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #F9FAF5;
  --brand-100: #F2F5EB;
  --brand-200: #E4EAD2;
  --brand-300: #D3DEB0;
  --brand-400: #bccd86;
  --brand-500: #A7BD60;
  --brand-600: #95AD48;
  --brand-700: #7C903C;
  --brand-800: #637330;
  --brand-900: #495526;
  --brand-950: #2E3518;
  --brand: #bccd86;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F9FAF4;
  --brand-border: #DFE7C5;
  --brand-hover: #AEC36D;
  --brand-pressed: #A0B854;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #202414;
    --brand-ink: #E7EDD4;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F9FAF5',
        100: '#F2F5EB',
        200: '#E4EAD2',
        300: '#D3DEB0',
        400: '#bccd86',
        500: '#A7BD60',
        600: '#95AD48',
        700: '#7C903C',
        800: '#637330',
        900: '#495526',
        950: '#2E3518',
        DEFAULT: '#bccd86',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F9FAF5,
  '100': #F2F5EB,
  '200': #E4EAD2,
  '300': #D3DEB0,
  '400': #bccd86,
  '500': #A7BD60,
  '600': #95AD48,
  '700': #7C903C,
  '800': #637330,
  '900': #495526,
  '950': #2E3518,
);
$brand-base: #bccd86;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F9FAF5", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F2F5EB", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#E4EAD2", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#D3DEB0", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#bccd86", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#A7BD60", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#95AD48", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#7C903C", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#637330", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#495526", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#2E3518", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#000000", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#000000 on #bccd86 · 12.22:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.72:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 12.22:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #bccd86 as text scores 1.72:1 on white and 12.22:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #4E5A25 at 4.34:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#6B7C33 · 4.61:1
AA on white−32% L
#6B7C33
The quick fox
#4F5C26 · 7.26:1
AAA on white−41% L
#4F5C26
The quick fox
#bccd86 · 12.22:1
AA on blackalready passes
#bccd86
The quick fox
#bccd86 · 12.22:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#bccd86

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #879D41 is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#bccd86 on white: 1.72:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#bccd86 on black: 12.22:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #bccd86 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #bccd86.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.72:1AaAa
Slate 501.64:1AaAa
Slate 1001.57:1AaAa
Slate 2001.39:1AaAa
Slate 3001.16:1AaAa
Slate 4001.49:1AaAa
Slate 5002.77:1AaAa
Slate 6004.41:1AaAa
Slate 7006.02:1AaAa
Slate 8008.51:1AaAa
Slate 90010.38:1AaAa
Black12.22:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #D6C581
deuteranopia · #D4C689
tritanopia · #C2C6BB

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #bccd86 is pinned to step 400; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#F9FAF5
#F2F5EB
#E4EAD2
#D3DEB0
#bccd86
#A7BD60
#95AD48
#7C903C
#637330
#495526
#2E3518
Base = 400Lightest = 50 · #F9FAF5Darkest = 950 · #2E3518Text step on white = 800
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.024 119.5);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.038 119.5);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.057 119.5);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.074 119.5);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.088 119.5);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.095 119.5);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.095 119.5);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.089 119.5);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.080 119.5);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.067 119.5);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.052 119.5);
}

Colors that work with #bccd86

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#000000
Black wins here
Surface#F9FAF4
Tinted page background
Border#DFE7C5
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#889B4B
Captions on the surface
Accent#8383D0
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#4E5A25
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F5F8ED
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#202414
Dark-mode background
Hover#AEC36D
One step down in lightness
Pressed#A0B854
Two steps down
Disabled#E5E8DB
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#C8DB8D
Offset from the fill so it reads
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
Notice
Your export is ready

The file stays available for seven days. Download it before it expires.

NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #bccd86

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Charts, tags and secondary surfaces
  • Card and section backgrounds
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
Use with care
  • Text of any size on white — fails WCAG AA
  • White text placed on it
  • Status meaning — pair it with an icon or label, never colour alone
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
Not as text
Safe as a fill behind white type
No — use #4E5A25
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #879D41

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

safegrowingnaturalpermissive

Green means go, well, and grown. It carries finance, sustainability and health with almost no explanation needed.

The muted chroma softens the association — it reads considered rather than loud, which suits long-form and data-heavy screens. The lightness keeps it airy and approachable.

Worth knowing

Red/green pairs are the most common colour-blindness failure — never let the two carry meaning alone.

Reads as
  • FormalityMedium
  • EnergyMedium
  • Weight34/100
  • TemperatureWarm
  • ApproachabilityHigh

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#9786CD
Analogous left#CDBB86
Analogous right#99CD86
Split-complement 1#8699CD
Split-complement 2#BB86CD
Triadic 1#86BCCD
Triadic 2#CD86BC
Tetradic#86CDBB
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°74°

#bccd86 sits at 74°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red73.7%
Green80.4%
Blue52.5%
R · 0–255
188
0xbc
G · 0–255
205
0xcd
B · 0–255
134
0x86

CMYK percentages

Cyan8.3%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow34.6%
Key (black)19.6%

Total ink coverage is 63%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#bccd86 text on a black background

contrast 12.22:1

Card sample

#bccd86 text on a white background

contrast 1.72:1

Card sample

#bccd86 on grey

1.57:1

#bccd86 on its own surface

1.64:1

#bccd86 on its dark surface

9.23:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #bccd86;
Background color
Panel with #bccd86 background
background-color: #bccd86;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #bccd86;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(188, 205, 134, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(188, 205, 134, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #bccd86;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bccd86, #8DCD86);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #bccd86, #86CD91);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #bccd86;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #bccd86;
caret-color: #bccd86;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #bccd86;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F5F8ED;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #bccd86;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#bccd86 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #bccd86 over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(188, 205, 134, 0.5)
rgb(188 205 134 / 50%)
#bccd8680
hsl(74 42% 67% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #bccd86 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#bccd861a#F8FAF3
20%#bccd8633#F2F5E7
40%#bccd8666#E4EBCF
60%#bccd8699#D7E1B6
80%#bccd86cc#C9D79E

Gradients from #bccd86

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #D4DFB1, #bccd86 45%, #4E5A25);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #bccd86, #71C470);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #bccd86, #9786CD);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #E0E8C7 0%, #bccd86 45%, #4E5A25 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F9FAF4, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #DCCBAA 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #A6D69C 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #4E5A25 0%, transparent 65%), #bccd86;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #bccd86

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#bccd86 in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
SustainabilityFinanceHealth and wellnessAgriculture
Common UI roles
SurfacesBadgesHighlightsEmpty states
Print note

Converts to four-color process without much drama. Proof it anyway.

On screens

Holds up across typical panel gamma. Still worth checking on an uncalibrated laptop, where mid-tones shift most.

In dark mode

Usable as-is on a dark surface at 12.22:1.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#bccd86, answered

What color is #bccd86?

#bccd86 is a light soft green, closest to Dark Khaki (ΔE2000 8.1). It sits at 74° on the hue wheel with 42% saturation and 67% lightness, which reads as warm.

What is the RGB value of #bccd86?

rgb(188, 205, 134) — 188 red, 205 green and 134 blue out of 255, or 73.7% / 80.4% / 52.5% by channel.

What is #bccd86 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(74, 42%, 67%) and hsv(74, 35%, 80%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #bccd86 a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.5608 and perceived brightness is 76%, so black text on it reaches 12.22:1.

Should I use black or white text on #bccd86?

Black. It scores 12.22:1 against #bccd86, versus 1.72:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #bccd86 accessible on a white background?

#bccd86 on white scores 1.72:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #6B7C33 to reach 4.5:1, or #4F5C26 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #bccd86?

#9786CD sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #8699CD and #BB86CD, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #bccd86?

For interface work: #F9FAF4 as the surface, #DFE7C5 for borders, #889B4B for secondary text, #8383D0 as an accent and #4E5A25 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #CDBB86 and #99CD86 stays calm, while #9786CD is the loudest partner.

What is #bccd86 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(8%, 0%, 35%, 20%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #bccd86 warm or cool?

Warm — it scores 37 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #CDC486; nudged cooler, #A2CF84.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #bccd86?

The lime family — its 500 step is #84cc16, ΔE2000 13.4 away. That is a visible difference, so define #bccd86 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #bccd86 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#bccd86] or text-[#bccd86], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #bccd86 with 50% opacity?

rgba(188, 205, 134, 0.5), or #bccd8680 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #DEE6C3; over black, #5E6743.

Is #bccd86 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #CCCC99, ΔE2000 5.9 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #bccd86 mean?

As a green, it reads safe, growing, natural. Green means go, well, and grown. It carries finance, sustainability and health with almost no explanation needed. At this moderate chroma the association is present but not shouted.

What gradient works with #bccd86?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #D4DFB1, #bccd86 45%, #4E5A25). For more colour, a short hue run to #71C470 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #bccd86 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #bccd86 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.