#BBC8A9#BBC8A9

#BBC8A9 is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.547; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.045 H 125.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC8A9
RGB	rgb(187, 200, 169)
HSL	hsl(85, 22%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(85, 16%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 0%, 15.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.89, -9.99, 14.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.89, 17.22, 125.45°)
OKLab	oklab(81.44% -0.0262 0.0362)
OKLCH	oklch(81.44% 0.045 125.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.3082, 54.7378, 45.5489)
Luminance	0.5474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC8A9 #B6A9C8

analogous

#C8C6A9 #BBC8A9 #ACC8A9

triadic

#BBC8A9 #A9BBC8 #C8A9BB

tetradic

#BBC8A9 #A9C8C6 #B6A9C8 #C8A9AC

square

#BBC8A9 #A9C8C6 #B6A9C8 #C8A9AC

split-complementary

#BBC8A9 #A9ACC8 #C6A9C8

monochromatic

#809660 #9DB084 #BBC8A9 #D9E0CE #F0F3EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#BBC8A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.95

#BBC8A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC8A9

11.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC8A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC8A9	1.00	1.76	11.95	11.95
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCC4A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAC3AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDC5BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc8a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 200, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.045 125.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd8c2',
    500: '#bbc8a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc8a9;
$custom-light: #cfd8c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc8a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 85.161,
    "s": 21.986,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81441,
    "c": 0.0447,
    "h": 125.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC8A9

secondary

#88799D

accent

#45A06B

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#131412

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC8A9

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

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