#BBC8B4#BBC8B4

#BBC8B4 is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.031 H 134.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC8B4
RGB	rgb(187, 200, 180)
HSL	hsl(99, 15%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(99, 10%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 0%, 10%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.14, -8.11, 8.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.14, 11.74, 133.71°)
OKLab	oklab(81.72% -0.0217 0.0221)
OKLCH	oklch(81.72% 0.031 134.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.3846, 55.1684, 51.2180)
Luminance	0.5517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC8B4 #C1B4C8

analogous

#C5C8B4 #BBC8B4 #B4C8B7

triadic

#BBC8B4 #B4BBC8 #C8B4BB

tetradic

#BBC8B4 #B4C5C8 #C1B4C8 #C8B7B4

square

#BBC8B4 #B4C5C8 #C1B4C8 #C8B7B4

split-complementary

#BBC8B4 #B7B4C8 #C8B4C5

monochromatic

#7B946D #9BAE91 #BBC8B4 #DBE2D7 #EFF2ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#BBC8B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.03

#BBC8B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC8B4

12.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC8B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC8B4	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)

#CAC5B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8C4B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBC6C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc8b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 200, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.031 134.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd8ca',
    500: '#bbc8b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc8b4;
$custom-light: #cfd8ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc8b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 99,
    "s": 15.385,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81719,
    "c": 0.03097,
    "h": 134.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC8B4

secondary

#94849C

accent

#4C9A7E

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#131413

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC8B4

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

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