#BBCB9D#BBCB9D

#BBCB9D is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.065 H 123.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBCB9D
RGB	rgb(187, 203, 157)
HSL	hsl(81, 31%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(81, 23%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 0%, 22.7%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.45, -13.43, 21.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.45, 25.08, 122.37°)
OKLab	oklab(81.8% -0.0356 0.0539)
OKLCH	oklch(81.8% 0.065 123.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.9345, 55.7109, 40.1197)
Luminance	0.5571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBCB9D #AD9DCB

analogous

#CBC49D #BBCB9D #A4CB9D

triadic

#BBCB9D #9DBBCB #CB9DBB

tetradic

#BBCB9D #9DCBC4 #AD9DCB #CB9DA4

square

#BBCB9D #9DCBC4 #AD9DCB #CB9DA4

split-complementary

#BBCB9D #9DA4CB #C49DCB

monochromatic

#829B52 #9FB675 #BBCB9D #D7E0C5 #F1F4EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#BBCB9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.14

#BBCB9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBCB9D

12.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBCB9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBCB9D	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)

#D1C59A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEC59F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEC6BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbcb9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 203, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.065 123.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfdaba',
    500: '#bbcb9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbcb9d;
$custom-light: #cfdaba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbcb9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80.87,
    "s": 30.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81803,
    "c": 0.06459,
    "h": 123.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBCB9D

secondary

#7E6CA0

accent

#3CA962

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141411

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBCB9D

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

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