#BBC5AE#BBC5AE

#BBC5AE is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.033 H 126.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC5AE
RGB	rgb(187, 197, 174)
HSL	hsl(86, 17%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(86, 12%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 0%, 11.7%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.20, -7.59, 10.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.20, 12.85, 126.21°)
OKLab	oklab(80.93% -0.0198 0.0269)
OKLCH	oklch(80.93% 0.033 126.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.0986, 53.5532, 47.8390)
Luminance	0.5355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC5AE #B8AEC5

analogous

#C5C3AE #BBC5AE #AFC5AE

triadic

#BBC5AE #AEBBC5 #C5AEBB

tetradic

#BBC5AE #AEC5C3 #B8AEC5 #C5AEAF

square

#BBC5AE #AEC5C3 #B8AEC5 #C5AEAF

split-complementary

#BBC5AE #AEAFC5 #C3AEC5

monochromatic

#7F9168 #9DAB8A #BBC5AE #D9DFD2 #F0F2ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#BBC5AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.71

#BBC5AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC5AE

11.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC5AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC5AE	1.00	1.79	11.71	11.71
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8C2AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6C1AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCC3BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc5ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 197, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.033 126.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd6c6',
    500: '#bbc5ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc5ae;
$custom-light: #cfd6c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc5ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 86.087,
    "s": 16.547,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80931,
    "c": 0.03345,
    "h": 126.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC5AE

secondary

#8A7E99

accent

#4B9B6E

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#131413

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC5AE

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

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