#BBC8AC#BBC8AC

#BBC8AC is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.041 H 127.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC8AC
RGB	rgb(187, 200, 172)
HSL	hsl(88, 20%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(88, 14%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 0%, 14%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.96, -9.49, 12.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.96, 15.70, 127.17°)
OKLab	oklab(81.51% -0.025 0.0324)
OKLCH	oklch(81.51% 0.041 127.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.5930, 54.8517, 47.0492)
Luminance	0.5485 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC8AC #B9ACC8

analogous

#C8C7AC #BBC8AC #ADC8AC

triadic

#BBC8AC #ACBBC8 #C8ACBB

tetradic

#BBC8AC #ACC8C7 #B9ACC8 #C8ACAD

square

#BBC8AC #ACC8C7 #B9ACC8 #C8ACAD

split-complementary

#BBC8AC #ACADC8 #C7ACC8

monochromatic

#7F9663 #9DB087 #BBC8AC #D9E0D1 #F0F3ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#BBC8AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.97

#BBC8AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC8AC

11.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC8AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC8AC	1.00	1.75	11.97	11.97
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBC4AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9C3AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCC5C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc8ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 200, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.041 127.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd8c4',
    500: '#bbc8ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc8ac;
$custom-light: #cfd8c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc8ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 87.857,
    "s": 20.29,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81514,
    "c": 0.0409,
    "h": 127.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC8AC

secondary

#8B7C9C

accent

#479F70

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#131412

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC8AC

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

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