#BBCB8B#BBCB8B

#BBCB8B is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.087 H 119.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBCB8B
RGB	rgb(187, 203, 139)
HSL	hsl(75, 38%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(75, 32%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 0%, 31.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.12, -16.00, 30.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.12, 34.17, 117.93°)
OKLab	oklab(81.44% -0.0431 0.0753)
OKLCH	oklch(81.44% 0.087 119.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.5094, 55.1409, 32.6142)
Luminance	0.5514 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBCB8B #9B8BCB

analogous

#CBBB8B #BBCB8B #9BCB8B

triadic

#BBCB8B #8BBBCB #CB8BBB

tetradic

#BBCB8B #8BCBBB #9B8BCB #CB8B9B

square

#BBCB8B #8BCBBB #9B8BCB #CB8B9B

split-complementary

#BBCB8B #8B9BCB #BB8BCB

monochromatic

#839844 #A2B861 #BBCB8B #D4DEB5 #EDF1E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#BBCB8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.03

#BBCB8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBCB8B

12.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBCB8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBCB8B	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)

#D3C487

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1C48E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1C4BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbcb8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 203, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.087 119.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0daad',
    500: '#bbcb8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbcb8b;
$custom-light: #d0daad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbcb8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75,
    "s": 38.095,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81436,
    "c": 0.08674,
    "h": 119.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBCB8B

secondary

#6C5C9E

accent

#34B154

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF7

border

#D4D4D0

text

#141410

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBCB8B

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

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