#BBC49B#BBC49B

#BBC49B is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.524; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.057 H 117.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC49B
RGB	rgb(187, 196, 155)
HSL	hsl(73, 26%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(73, 21%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 0%, 20.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.53, -10.14, 19.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.53, 22.06, 117.37°)
OKLab	oklab(80.26% -0.0263 0.05)
OKLCH	oklch(80.26% 0.057 117.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.1493, 52.4114, 38.6892)
Luminance	0.5241 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC49B #A49BC4

analogous

#C4B99B #BBC49B #A7C49B

triadic

#BBC49B #9BBBC4 #C49BBB

tetradic

#BBC49B #9BC4B9 #A49BC4 #C49BA7

square

#BBC49B #9BC4B9 #A49BC4 #C49BA7

split-complementary

#BBC49B #9BA7C4 #B99BC4

monochromatic

#839055 #A1AD75 #BBC49B #D5DBC1 #EFF1E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#BBC49B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.48

#BBC49B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC49B

11.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC49B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC49B	1.00	1.83	11.48	11.48
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CABF99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9C09D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFBFB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc49b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 196, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.057 117.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd5b8',
    500: '#bbc49b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc49b;
$custom-light: #cfd5b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc49b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.171,
    "s": 25.786,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80263,
    "c": 0.0565,
    "h": 117.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC49B

secondary

#756B98

accent

#41A457

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141411

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC49B

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

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