#BBC9AE#BBC9AE

#BBC9AE is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.040 H 129.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC9AE
RGB	rgb(187, 201, 174)
HSL	hsl(91, 20%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(91, 13%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 0%, 13.4%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.27, -9.67, 11.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.27, 15.32, 129.12°)
OKLab	oklab(81.78% -0.0256 0.0308)
OKLCH	oklch(81.78% 0.04 129.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.0189, 55.3938, 48.1458)
Luminance	0.5539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC9AE #BCAEC9

analogous

#C8C9AE #BBC9AE #AEC9AE

triadic

#BBC9AE #AEBBC9 #C9AEBB

tetradic

#BBC9AE #AEC8C9 #BCAEC9 #C9AEAE

square

#BBC9AE #AEC8C9 #BCAEC9 #C9AEAE

split-complementary

#BBC9AE #AEAEC9 #C9AEC8

monochromatic

#7D9865 #9CB189 #BBC9AE #DAE1D3 #F0F3ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#BBC9AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.08

#BBC9AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC9AE

12.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC9AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC9AE	1.00	1.74	12.08	12.08
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCC5AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAC4AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCC6C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc9ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 201, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.040 129.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd9c6',
    500: '#bbc9ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc9ae;
$custom-light: #cfd9c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc9ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 91.111,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81776,
    "c": 0.04004,
    "h": 129.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC9AE

secondary

#8E7E9D

accent

#479E74

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#131413

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC9AE

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

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