#BBC8A6#BBC8A6

#BBC8A6 is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.546; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.049 H 124.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC8A6
RGB	rgb(187, 200, 166)
HSL	hsl(83, 24%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(83, 17%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 0%, 17%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.83, -10.48, 15.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.83, 18.74, 123.99°)
OKLab	oklab(81.37% -0.0275 0.04)
OKLCH	oklch(81.37% 0.049 124.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.0298, 54.6264, 44.0826)
Luminance	0.5463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC8A6 #B3A6C8

analogous

#C8C4A6 #BBC8A6 #AAC8A6

triadic

#BBC8A6 #A6BBC8 #C8A6BB

tetradic

#BBC8A6 #A6C8C4 #B3A6C8 #C8A6AA

square

#BBC8A6 #A6C8C4 #B3A6C8 #C8A6AA

split-complementary

#BBC8A6 #A6AAC8 #C4A6C8

monochromatic

#81975D #9EB180 #BBC8A6 #D8DFCC #F1F3EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#BBC8A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.93

#BBC8A6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC8A6

11.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC8A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC8A6	1.00	1.76	11.93	11.93
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCC4A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAC3A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDC4BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc8a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 200, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.049 124.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd8c0',
    500: '#bbc8a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc8a6;
$custom-light: #cfd8c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc8a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 82.941,
    "s": 23.611,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81368,
    "c": 0.04852,
    "h": 124.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.54627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC8A6

secondary

#85769D

accent

#43A268

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#141412

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC8A6

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

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