#BBC8A4#BBC8A4

#BBC8A4 is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.546; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.051 H 123.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC8A4
RGB	rgb(187, 200, 164)
HSL	hsl(82, 25%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(82, 18%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 0%, 18%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.78, -10.80, 16.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.78, 19.76, 123.13°)
OKLab	oklab(81.32% -0.0283 0.0425)
OKLCH	oklch(81.32% 0.051 123.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.8477, 54.5536, 43.1239)
Luminance	0.5455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC8A4 #B1A4C8

analogous

#C8C3A4 #BBC8A4 #A9C8A4

triadic

#BBC8A4 #A4BBC8 #C8A4BB

tetradic

#BBC8A4 #A4C8C3 #B1A4C8 #C8A4A9

square

#BBC8A4 #A4C8C3 #B1A4C8 #C8A4A9

split-complementary

#BBC8A4 #A4A9C8 #C3A4C8

monochromatic

#81975B #9EB17E #BBC8A4 #D8DFCA #F1F3EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#BBC8A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.91

#BBC8A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC8A4

11.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC8A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC8A4	1.00	1.76	11.91	11.91
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDC3A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBC3A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEC4BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc8a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 200, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.051 123.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd8bf',
    500: '#bbc8a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc8a4;
$custom-light: #cfd8bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc8a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.667,
    "s": 24.658,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81321,
    "c": 0.05107,
    "h": 123.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC8A4

secondary

#82749D

accent

#42A365

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141412

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC8A4

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

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