#BBCC9C#BBCC9C

#BBCC9C is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.067 H 123.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBCC9C
RGB	rgb(187, 204, 156)
HSL	hsl(81, 32%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(81, 24%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 0%, 23.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.70, -14.09, 22.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.70, 26.17, 122.56°)
OKLab	oklab(82% -0.0374 0.0561)
OKLCH	oklch(82% 0.067 123.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.0864, 56.1507, 39.7509)
Luminance	0.5615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBCC9C #AD9CCC

analogous

#CCC59C #BBCC9C #A3CC9C

triadic

#BBCC9C #9CBBCC #CC9CBB

tetradic

#BBCC9C #9CCCC5 #AD9CCC #CC9CA3

square

#BBCC9C #9CCCC5 #AD9CCC #CC9CA3

split-complementary

#BBCC9C #9CA3CC #C59CCC

monochromatic

#829D51 #9FB774 #BBCC9C #D7E1C4 #F1F5EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#BBCC9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.23

#BBCC9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBCC9C

12.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBCC9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBCC9C	1.00	1.72	12.23	12.23
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2C699

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFC59E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFC7BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbcc9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 204, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.067 123.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfdbb9',
    500: '#bbcc9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbcc9c;
$custom-light: #cfdbb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbcc9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.25,
    "s": 32,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81996,
    "c": 0.06738,
    "h": 123.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.56151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBCC9C

secondary

#7E6BA1

accent

#3BAB62

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141511

muted

#838481

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBCC9C

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

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