#BBC3AD#BBC3AD

#BBC3AD is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.526; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.032 H 123.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC3AD
RGB	rgb(187, 195, 173)
HSL	hsl(82, 15%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(82, 11%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.1%, 0%, 11.3%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.65, -6.72, 10.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.65, 12.15, 123.59°)
OKLab	oklab(80.49% -0.0173 0.0263)
OKLCH	oklch(80.49% 0.032 123.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.5503, 52.6121, 47.1772)
Luminance	0.5261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC3AD #B5ADC3

analogous

#C3C0AD #BBC3AD #B0C3AD

triadic

#BBC3AD #ADBBC3 #C3ADBB

tetradic

#BBC3AD #ADC3C0 #B5ADC3 #C3ADB0

square

#BBC3AD #ADC3C0 #B5ADC3 #C3ADB0

split-complementary

#BBC3AD #ADB0C3 #C0ADC3

monochromatic

#808E68 #9EA98A #BBC3AD #D8DDD0 #F0F2ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#BBC3AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.52

#BBC3AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC3AD

11.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC3AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC3AD	1.00	1.82	11.52	11.52
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6C0AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5C0AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDC1BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc3ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 195, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.032 123.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd5c5',
    500: '#bbc3ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc3ad;
$custom-light: #cfd5c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc3ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.818,
    "s": 15.493,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80485,
    "c": 0.0315,
    "h": 123.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.52612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC3AD

secondary

#877D97

accent

#4C9A68

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#131412

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC3AD

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

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