#BBC8B3#BBC8B3

#BBC8B3 is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.032 H 133.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC8B3
RGB	rgb(187, 200, 179)
HSL	hsl(97, 16%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(97, 11%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 0%, 10.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.11, -8.29, 8.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.11, 12.23, 132.67°)
OKLab	oklab(81.69% -0.0221 0.0234)
OKLCH	oklch(81.69% 0.032 133.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.2831, 55.1278, 50.6834)
Luminance	0.5513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC8B3 #C0B3C8

analogous

#C6C8B3 #BBC8B3 #B3C8B6

triadic

#BBC8B3 #B3BBC8 #C8B3BB

tetradic

#BBC8B3 #B3C6C8 #C0B3C8 #C8B6B3

square

#BBC8B3 #B3C6C8 #C0B3C8 #C8B6B3

split-complementary

#BBC8B3 #B6B3C8 #C8B3C6

monochromatic

#7B956C #9BAE8F #BBC8B3 #DBE2D7 #EFF2ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#BBC8B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.03

#BBC8B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC8B3

12.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC8B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC8B3	1.00	1.75	12.03	12.03
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAC5B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8C4B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBC6C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc8b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 200, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.032 133.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd8c9',
    500: '#bbc8b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc8b3;
$custom-light: #cfd8c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc8b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 97.143,
    "s": 16.031,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81693,
    "c": 0.03218,
    "h": 133.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC8B3

secondary

#93839C

accent

#4B9A7C

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#131413

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC8B3

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

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