#BBC4AD#BBC4AD

#BBC4AD is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.033 H 124.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC4AD
RGB	rgb(187, 196, 173)
HSL	hsl(83, 16%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(83, 12%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 0%, 11.7%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.91, -7.24, 10.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.91, 12.75, 124.60°)
OKLab	oklab(80.69% -0.0188 0.0273)
OKLCH	oklch(80.69% 0.033 124.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.7751, 53.0617, 47.2521)
Luminance	0.5306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC4AD #B6ADC4

analogous

#C4C1AD #BBC4AD #B0C4AD

triadic

#BBC4AD #ADBBC4 #C4ADBB

tetradic

#BBC4AD #ADC4C1 #B6ADC4 #C4ADB0

square

#BBC4AD #ADC4C1 #B6ADC4 #C4ADB0

split-complementary

#BBC4AD #ADB0C4 #C1ADC4

monochromatic

#808F67 #9DAA89 #BBC4AD #D9DED1 #F0F2ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#BBC4AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.61

#BBC4AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC4AD

11.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC4AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC4AD	1.00	1.81	11.61	11.61
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7C1AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6C1AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDC2BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc4ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 196, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.033 124.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd5c5',
    500: '#bbc4ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc4ad;
$custom-light: #cfd5c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc4ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 83.478,
    "s": 16.312,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80695,
    "c": 0.03311,
    "h": 124.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC4AD

secondary

#887D98

accent

#4B9B6A

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#131412

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC4AD

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

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