#BBC8AB#BBC8AB

#BBC8AB is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.042 H 127.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC8AB
RGB	rgb(187, 200, 171)
HSL	hsl(87, 21%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(87, 15%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 0%, 14.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.93, -9.65, 13.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.93, 16.21, 126.56°)
OKLab	oklab(81.49% -0.0254 0.0337)
OKLCH	oklch(81.49% 0.042 127)
XYZ	xyz(48.4974, 54.8135, 46.5453)
Luminance	0.5481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC8AB #B8ABC8

analogous

#C8C6AB #BBC8AB #ACC8AB

triadic

#BBC8AB #ABBBC8 #C8ABBB

tetradic

#BBC8AB #ABC8C6 #B8ABC8 #C8ABAC

square

#BBC8AB #ABC8C6 #B8ABC8 #C8ABAC

split-complementary

#BBC8AB #ABACC8 #C6ABC8

monochromatic

#7F9662 #9DB086 #BBC8AB #D9E0D0 #F0F3ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#BBC8AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.96

#BBC8AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC8AB

11.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC8AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC8AB	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)

#CBC4A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9C3AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDC5C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc8ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 200, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.042 127.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd8c4',
    500: '#bbc8ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc8ab;
$custom-light: #cfd8c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc8ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 86.897,
    "s": 20.863,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8149,
    "c": 0.04217,
    "h": 127
  },
  "luminance": 0.54814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC8AB

secondary

#8A7B9C

accent

#469F6E

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#131412

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC8AB

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

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