#BBC8A8#BBC8A8

#BBC8A8 is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.547; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.046 H 125.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC8A8
RGB	rgb(187, 200, 168)
HSL	hsl(84, 23%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(84, 16%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 0%, 16%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.87, -10.15, 14.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.87, 17.72, 124.94°)
OKLab	oklab(81.42% -0.0266 0.0375)
OKLCH	oklch(81.42% 0.046 125.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.2147, 54.7004, 45.0564)
Luminance	0.5470 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC8A8 #B5A8C8

analogous

#C8C5A8 #BBC8A8 #ABC8A8

triadic

#BBC8A8 #A8BBC8 #C8A8BB

tetradic

#BBC8A8 #A8C8C5 #B5A8C8 #C8A8AB

square

#BBC8A8 #A8C8C5 #B5A8C8 #C8A8AB

split-complementary

#BBC8A8 #A8ABC8 #C5A8C8

monochromatic

#80965F #9EB083 #BBC8A8 #D8E0CD #F0F3EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#BBC8A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.94

#BBC8A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC8A8

11.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC8A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC8A8	1.00	1.76	11.94	11.94
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCC4A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAC3A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDC5BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc8a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 200, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.046 125.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd8c2',
    500: '#bbc8a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc8a8;
$custom-light: #cfd8c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc8a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 84.375,
    "s": 22.535,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81416,
    "c": 0.04597,
    "h": 125.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC8A8

secondary

#87789D

accent

#45A16A

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#131412

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC8A8

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

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