#BBCB9F#BBCB9F

#BBCB9F is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.062 H 124.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBCB9F
RGB	rgb(187, 203, 159)
HSL	hsl(82, 30%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(82, 22%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 0%, 21.7%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.49, -13.12, 20.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.49, 24.07, 123.03°)
OKLab	oklab(81.85% -0.0347 0.0515)
OKLCH	oklch(81.85% 0.062 124)
XYZ	xyz(48.1067, 55.7798, 41.0264)
Luminance	0.5578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBCB9F #AF9FCB

analogous

#CBC59F #BBCB9F #A5CB9F

triadic

#BBCB9F #9FBBCB #CB9FBB

tetradic

#BBCB9F #9FCBC5 #AF9FCB #CB9FA5

square

#BBCB9F #9FCBC5 #AF9FCB #CB9FA5

split-complementary

#BBCB9F #9FA5CB #C59FCB

monochromatic

#829B54 #9FB577 #BBCB9F #D7E1C7 #F1F4EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#BBCB9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.16

#BBCB9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBCB9F

12.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBCB9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBCB9F	1.00	1.73	12.16	12.16
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0C59C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEC5A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEC7BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbcb9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 203, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.062 124.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfdabb',
    500: '#bbcb9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbcb9f;
$custom-light: #cfdabb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbcb9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.818,
    "s": 29.73,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81847,
    "c": 0.06209,
    "h": 124
  },
  "luminance": 0.5578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBCB9F

secondary

#806EA0

accent

#3DA864

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141412

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBCB9F

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

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