#BBC8AA#BBC8AA

#BBC8AA is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.043 H 126.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC8AA
RGB	rgb(187, 200, 170)
HSL	hsl(86, 21%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(86, 15%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 0%, 15%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.91, -9.82, 13.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.91, 16.71, 125.99°)
OKLab	oklab(81.47% -0.0258 0.0349)
OKLCH	oklch(81.47% 0.043 126.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.4024, 54.7755, 46.0452)
Luminance	0.5478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC8AA #B7AAC8

analogous

#C8C6AA #BBC8AA #ACC8AA

triadic

#BBC8AA #AABBC8 #C8AABB

tetradic

#BBC8AA #AAC8C6 #B7AAC8 #C8AAAC

square

#BBC8AA #AAC8C6 #B7AAC8 #C8AAAC

split-complementary

#BBC8AA #AAACC8 #C6AAC8

monochromatic

#7F9661 #9DB085 #BBC8AA #D9E0CF #F0F3EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#BBC8AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.96

#BBC8AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC8AA

11.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC8AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC8AA	1.00	1.76	11.96	11.96
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCC4A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAC3AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDC5BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc8aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 200, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.043 126.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd8c3',
    500: '#bbc8aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc8aa;
$custom-light: #cfd8c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc8aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 86,
    "s": 21.429,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81465,
    "c": 0.04343,
    "h": 126.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.54776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC8AA

secondary

#897A9C

accent

#46A06D

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#131412

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC8AA

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

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