#BBCB9B#BBCB9B

#BBCB9B is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.067 H 122.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBCB9B
RGB	rgb(187, 203, 155)
HSL	hsl(80, 32%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(80, 24%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 0%, 23.6%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.41, -13.73, 22.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.41, 26.09, 121.75°)
OKLab	oklab(81.76% -0.0364 0.0564)
OKLCH	oklch(81.76% 0.067 122.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.7652, 55.6432, 39.2278)
Luminance	0.5564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBCB9B #AB9BCB

analogous

#CBC39B #BBCB9B #A3CB9B

triadic

#BBCB9B #9BBBCB #CB9BBB

tetradic

#BBCB9B #9BCBC3 #AB9BCB #CB9BA3

square

#BBCB9B #9BCBC3 #AB9BCB #CB9BA3

split-complementary

#BBCB9B #9BA3CB #C39BCB

monochromatic

#829B51 #A0B673 #BBCB9B #D6E0C3 #F1F5EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#BBCB9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.13

#BBCB9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBCB9B

12.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBCB9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBCB9B	1.00	1.73	12.13	12.13
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1C598

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFC59D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFC6BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbcb9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 203, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.067 122.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfdab8',
    500: '#bbcb9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbcb9b;
$custom-light: #cfdab8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbcb9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80,
    "s": 31.579,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8176,
    "c": 0.06709,
    "h": 122.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBCB9B

secondary

#7C6AA0

accent

#3BAA60

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141411

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBCB9B

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

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