#BBC8AD#BBC8AD

#BBC8AD is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.040 H 128.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC8AD
RGB	rgb(187, 200, 173)
HSL	hsl(89, 20%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(89, 14%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 0%, 13.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.98, -9.32, 12.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.98, 15.20, 127.81°)
OKLab	oklab(81.54% -0.0246 0.0311)
OKLCH	oklch(81.54% 0.04 128.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.6894, 54.8903, 47.5569)
Luminance	0.5489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC8AD #BAADC8

analogous

#C8C7AD #BBC8AD #ADC8AD

triadic

#BBC8AD #ADBBC8 #C8ADBB

tetradic

#BBC8AD #ADC8C7 #BAADC8 #C8ADAD

square

#BBC8AD #ADC8C7 #BAADC8 #C8ADAD

split-complementary

#BBC8AD #ADADC8 #C7ADC8

monochromatic

#7E9665 #9DAF88 #BBC8AD #D9E1D2 #F0F3ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#BBC8AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.98

#BBC8AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC8AD

11.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC8AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC8AD	1.00	1.75	11.98	11.98
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBC4AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9C3AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCC5C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc8ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 200, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.040 128.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd8c5',
    500: '#bbc8ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc8ad;
$custom-light: #cfd8c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc8ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 88.889,
    "s": 19.708,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81539,
    "c": 0.03964,
    "h": 128.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.5489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC8AD

secondary

#8C7D9C

accent

#479E71

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#131412

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC8AD

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

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