#BBC4AE#BBC4AE

#BBC4AE is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.032 H 125.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC4AE
RGB	rgb(187, 196, 174)
HSL	hsl(85, 16%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(85, 11%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 0%, 11.2%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.93, -7.07, 9.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.93, 12.24, 125.29°)
OKLab	oklab(80.72% -0.0184 0.026)
OKLCH	oklch(80.72% 0.032 125.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.8723, 53.1006, 47.7636)
Luminance	0.5310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC4AE #B7AEC4

analogous

#C4C2AE #BBC4AE #B0C4AE

triadic

#BBC4AE #AEBBC4 #C4AEBB

tetradic

#BBC4AE #AEC4C2 #B7AEC4 #C4AEB0

square

#BBC4AE #AEC4C2 #B7AEC4 #C4AEB0

split-complementary

#BBC4AE #AEB0C4 #C2AEC4

monochromatic

#7F8F68 #9DAA8B #BBC4AE #D9DED1 #F0F2ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#BBC4AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.62

#BBC4AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC4AE

11.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC4AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC4AE	1.00	1.81	11.62	11.62
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7C1AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5C1AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCC2BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc4ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 196, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.032 125.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd5c6',
    500: '#bbc4ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc4ae;
$custom-light: #cfd5c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc4ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 84.545,
    "s": 15.714,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80721,
    "c": 0.03182,
    "h": 125.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC4AE

secondary

#897E98

accent

#4C9A6C

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#131413

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC4AE

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →