#BBCB9E#BBCB9E

#BBCB9E is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.063 H 123.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBCB9E
RGB	rgb(187, 203, 158)
HSL	hsl(81, 30%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(81, 22%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 0%, 22.2%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.47, -13.27, 20.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.47, 24.58, 122.69°)
OKLab	oklab(81.83% -0.0351 0.0527)
OKLCH	oklch(81.83% 0.063 123.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.0202, 55.7452, 40.5712)
Luminance	0.5575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBCB9E #AE9ECB

analogous

#CBC49E #BBCB9E #A4CB9E

triadic

#BBCB9E #9EBBCB #CB9EBB

tetradic

#BBCB9E #9ECBC4 #AE9ECB #CB9EA4

square

#BBCB9E #9ECBC4 #AE9ECB #CB9EA4

split-complementary

#BBCB9E #9EA4CB #C49ECB

monochromatic

#829B53 #9FB676 #BBCB9E #D7E0C6 #F1F4EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#BBCB9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.15

#BBCB9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBCB9E

12.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBCB9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBCB9E	1.00	1.73	12.15	12.15
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1C59B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEC5A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEC6BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbcb9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 203, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.063 123.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfdaba',
    500: '#bbcb9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbcb9e;
$custom-light: #cfdaba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbcb9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.333,
    "s": 30.201,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81825,
    "c": 0.06334,
    "h": 123.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBCB9E

secondary

#7F6DA0

accent

#3DA963

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141411

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBCB9E

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

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