#BBC8A5#BBC8A5

#BBC8A5 is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.546; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.050 H 124.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC8A5
RGB	rgb(187, 200, 165)
HSL	hsl(82, 24%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(82, 18%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 0%, 17.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.80, -10.64, 16.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.80, 19.25, 123.55°)
OKLab	oklab(81.35% -0.0279 0.0412)
OKLCH	oklch(81.35% 0.05 124.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.9384, 54.5899, 43.6014)
Luminance	0.5459 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC8A5 #B2A5C8

analogous

#C8C4A5 #BBC8A5 #AAC8A5

triadic

#BBC8A5 #A5BBC8 #C8A5BB

tetradic

#BBC8A5 #A5C8C4 #B2A5C8 #C8A5AA

square

#BBC8A5 #A5C8C4 #B2A5C8 #C8A5AA

split-complementary

#BBC8A5 #A5AAC8 #C4A5C8

monochromatic

#81975C #9EB17F #BBC8A5 #D8DFCB #F1F3EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#BBC8A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.92

#BBC8A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC8A5

11.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC8A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC8A5	1.00	1.76	11.92	11.92
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCC3A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAC3A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEC4BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc8a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 200, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.050 124.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd8bf',
    500: '#bbc8a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc8a5;
$custom-light: #cfd8bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc8a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 82.286,
    "s": 24.138,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81345,
    "c": 0.04979,
    "h": 124.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.5459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC8A5

secondary

#83759D

accent

#43A366

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141412

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC8A5

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

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