#BBCB9C#BBCB9C

#BBCB9C is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.066 H 123.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBCB9C
RGB	rgb(187, 203, 156)
HSL	hsl(80, 31%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(80, 23%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 0%, 23.2%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.43, -13.58, 21.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.43, 25.59, 122.05°)
OKLab	oklab(81.78% -0.036 0.0551)
OKLCH	oklch(81.78% 0.066 123.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.8495, 55.6769, 39.6719)
Luminance	0.5568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBCB9C #AC9CCB

analogous

#CBC49C #BBCB9C #A3CB9C

triadic

#BBCB9C #9CBBCB #CB9CBB

tetradic

#BBCB9C #9CCBC4 #AC9CCB #CB9CA3

square

#BBCB9C #9CCBC4 #AC9CCB #CB9CA3

split-complementary

#BBCB9C #9CA3CB #C49CCB

monochromatic

#829B51 #9FB674 #BBCB9C #D7E0C4 #F1F4EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#BBCB9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.14

#BBCB9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBCB9C

12.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBCB9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBCB9C	1.00	1.73	12.14	12.14
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1C599

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFC59E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFC6BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbcb9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 203, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.066 123.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfdab9',
    500: '#bbcb9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbcb9c;
$custom-light: #cfdab9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbcb9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80.426,
    "s": 31.126,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81781,
    "c": 0.06584,
    "h": 123.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.55677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBCB9C

secondary

#7D6BA0

accent

#3CAA61

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141411

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBCB9C

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

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