#BBC9AF#BBC9AF

#BBC9AF is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.039 H 130.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC9AF
RGB	rgb(187, 201, 175)
HSL	hsl(92, 19%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(92, 13%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 0%, 12.9%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.29, -9.50, 11.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.29, 14.82, 129.84°)
OKLab	oklab(81.8% -0.0252 0.0295)
OKLCH	oklch(81.8% 0.039 130.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.1168, 55.4330, 48.6611)
Luminance	0.5543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC9AF #BDAFC9

analogous

#C8C9AF #BBC9AF #AFC9B0

triadic

#BBC9AF #AFBBC9 #C9AFBB

tetradic

#BBC9AF #AFC8C9 #BDAFC9 #C9B0AF

square

#BBC9AF #AFC8C9 #BDAFC9 #C9B0AF

split-complementary

#BBC9AF #B0AFC9 #C9AFC8

monochromatic

#7D9766 #9CB08A #BBC9AF #DAE2D4 #EFF3ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#BBC9AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.09

#BBC9AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC9AF

12.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC9AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC9AF	1.00	1.74	12.09	12.09
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCC5AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAC4B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCC7C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc9af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 201, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.039 130.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd9c6',
    500: '#bbc9af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc9af;
$custom-light: #cfd9c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc9af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 92.308,
    "s": 19.403,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81801,
    "c": 0.03879,
    "h": 130.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC9AF

secondary

#8F7F9D

accent

#489E76

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#131413

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC9AF

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

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