#BBCC9B#BBCC9B

#BBCC9B is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.069 H 123.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBCC9B
RGB	rgb(187, 204, 155)
HSL	hsl(81, 32%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(81, 24%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 0%, 24%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.68, -14.24, 22.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.68, 26.68, 122.26°)
OKLab	oklab(81.97% -0.0378 0.0573)
OKLCH	oklch(81.97% 0.069 123.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.0021, 56.1170, 39.3068)
Luminance	0.5612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBCC9B #AC9BCC

analogous

#CCC49B #BBCC9B #A2CC9B

triadic

#BBCC9B #9BBBCC #CC9BBB

tetradic

#BBCC9B #9BCCC4 #AC9BCC #CC9BA2

square

#BBCC9B #9BCCC4 #AC9BCC #CC9BA2

split-complementary

#BBCC9B #9BA2CC #C49BCC

monochromatic

#829D50 #9FB772 #BBCC9B #D7E1C4 #F1F5EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#BBCC9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.22

#BBCC9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBCC9B

12.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBCC9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBCC9B	1.00	1.72	12.22	12.22
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2C698

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0C59D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFC7BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbcc9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 204, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.069 123.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfdbb8',
    500: '#bbcc9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbcc9b;
$custom-light: #cfdbb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbcc9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80.816,
    "s": 32.45,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81974,
    "c": 0.06862,
    "h": 123.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBCC9B

secondary

#7D6AA1

accent

#3AAB61

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141511

muted

#838481

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBCC9B

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

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