#BCCDAA is a muted, temperate green. On the Color Lab it reads organic and grounded, restrained and easy to live with. It holds up as a large surface and is too pale to lead as a primary accent.
Not just a swatch — here's how #BCCDAA works with other colors. Named schemes with #BCCDAA in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Soft Sage sets a calm, sun-bleached base here, wrapped in bone and paper off-whites and a soft greige, with a single ink accent for wabi-sabi restraint.
Soft Sage leads this botanical set among foliage greens and a terracotta accent, softened by cream and grounded in bark brown.
Soft Sage opens this coastal palette with sea-glass and warm sand alongside it, grounded by driftwood grey and a deep-navy anchor.
Soft Sage holds the warm center of this desert palette with sand and clay beside it, a muted-sage accent and a dark-brown anchor.
Soft Sage is the single accent in this high-contrast editorial system — set on near-white paper against near-black ink, with a warm grey and a desaturated tint of Soft Sage carrying the quiet middle.
How #BCCDAA actually behaves in design work — read from its OKLCH lightness, chroma and hue, not just its raw numbers. Ten signals to help you decide where this color earns its place.
Not a swatch to memorise — a color to build with. Here is #BCCDAA at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #BCCDAA;
--color-base-rgb: 188 205 170;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(82.6% 0.051 128.6);
--color-50: #F7FAF5;
--color-100: #EBF0E5;
--color-200: #D7E1CC;
--color-300: #B8C8A7;
--color-400: #9AAF83;
--color-500: #7B9164;
--color-600: #617151;
--color-700: #48523D;
--color-800: #31372A;
--color-900: #1F221B;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
soft-sage: {
50: '#F7FAF5',
100: '#EBF0E5',
200: '#D7E1CC',
300: '#B8C8A7',
400: '#9AAF83',
500: '#7B9164',
600: '#617151',
700: '#48523D',
800: '#31372A',
900: '#1F221B',
},
}
$base: #BCCDAA; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #F7FAF5; $base-100: #EBF0E5; $base-200: #D7E1CC; $base-300: #B8C8A7; $base-400: #9AAF83; $base-500: #7B9164; $base-600: #617151; $base-700: #48523D; $base-800: #31372A; $base-900: #1F221B; $base-hover: #98B27C; $base-subtle: #EBEFE7;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#BCCDAA",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F7FAF5",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#EBF0E5",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#D7E1CC",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#B8C8A7",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#9AAF83",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#7B9164",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#617151",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#48523D",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#31372A",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#1F221B",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}