#BBC8A7#BBC8A7

#BBC8A7 is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.547; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.047 H 124.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC8A7
RGB	rgb(187, 200, 167)
HSL	hsl(84, 23%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(84, 17%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 0%, 16.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.85, -10.31, 15.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.85, 18.23, 124.45°)
OKLab	oklab(81.39% -0.0271 0.0387)
OKLCH	oklch(81.39% 0.047 124.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.1219, 54.6633, 44.5676)
Luminance	0.5466 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC8A7 #B4A7C8

analogous

#C8C5A7 #BBC8A7 #ABC8A7

triadic

#BBC8A7 #A7BBC8 #C8A7BB

tetradic

#BBC8A7 #A7C8C5 #B4A7C8 #C8A7AB

square

#BBC8A7 #A7C8C5 #B4A7C8 #C8A7AB

split-complementary

#BBC8A7 #A7ABC8 #C5A7C8

monochromatic

#80975E #9EB081 #BBC8A7 #D8E0CD #F0F3EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#BBC8A7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.93

#BBC8A7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC8A7

11.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC8A7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC8A7	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)

#CCC4A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAC3A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDC5BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc8a7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 200, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.047 124.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd8c1',
    500: '#bbc8a7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc8a7;
$custom-light: #cfd8c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc8a7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 83.636,
    "s": 23.077,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81392,
    "c": 0.04725,
    "h": 124.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC8A7

secondary

#86779D

accent

#44A269

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#131412

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC8A7

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →