#BBC3AB#BBC3AB

#BBC3AB is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.034 H 122.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC3AB
RGB	rgb(187, 195, 171)
HSL	hsl(80, 17%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(80, 12%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.1%, 0%, 12.3%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.60, -7.06, 11.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.60, 13.18, 122.38°)
OKLab	oklab(80.43% -0.0182 0.0289)
OKLCH	oklch(80.43% 0.034 122.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.3583, 52.5353, 46.1656)
Luminance	0.5253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC3AB #B3ABC3

analogous

#C3BFAB #BBC3AB #AFC3AB

triadic

#BBC3AB #ABBBC3 #C3ABBB

tetradic

#BBC3AB #ABC3BF #B3ABC3 #C3ABAF

square

#BBC3AB #ABC3BF #B3ABC3 #C3ABAF

split-complementary

#BBC3AB #ABAFC3 #BFABC3

monochromatic

#818E66 #9EAA87 #BBC3AB #D8DDCF #F1F2ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#BBC3AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.51

#BBC3AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC3AB

11.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC3AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC3AB	1.00	1.82	11.51	11.51
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6C0AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5C0AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDC0BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc3ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 195, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.034 122.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd5c4',
    500: '#bbc3ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc3ab;
$custom-light: #cfd5c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc3ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80,
    "s": 16.667,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80433,
    "c": 0.03411,
    "h": 122.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.52535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC3AB

secondary

#857B97

accent

#4B9B65

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#131412

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC3AB

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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