#BBC8A0#BBC8A0

#BBC8A0 is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.056 H 122.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC8A0
RGB	rgb(187, 200, 160)
HSL	hsl(80, 27%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(80, 20%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 0%, 20%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.70, -11.43, 18.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.70, 21.80, 121.63°)
OKLab	oklab(81.23% -0.03 0.0475)
OKLCH	oklch(81.23% 0.056 122.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.4922, 54.4114, 41.2513)
Luminance	0.5441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC8A0 #ADA0C8

analogous

#C8C1A0 #BBC8A0 #A7C8A0

triadic

#BBC8A0 #A0BBC8 #C8A0BB

tetradic

#BBC8A0 #A0C8C1 #ADA0C8 #C8A0A7

square

#BBC8A0 #A0C8C1 #ADA0C8 #C8A0A7

split-complementary

#BBC8A0 #A0A7C8 #C1A0C8

monochromatic

#829657 #9FB279 #BBC8A0 #D7DEC7 #F1F4EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#BBC8A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.88

#BBC8A0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC8A0

11.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC8A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC8A0	1.00	1.77	11.88	11.88
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDC39E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBC3A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEC4BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc8a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 200, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.056 122.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd8bc',
    500: '#bbc8a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc8a0;
$custom-light: #cfd8bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc8a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.5,
    "s": 26.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81228,
    "c": 0.05616,
    "h": 122.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC8A0

secondary

#7E709D

accent

#40A561

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141412

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC8A0

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

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