#BBCD8B#BBCD8B

#BBCD8B is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.090 H 120.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBCD8B
RGB	rgb(187, 205, 139)
HSL	hsl(76, 40%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(76, 32%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.8%, 0%, 32.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.67, -17.01, 30.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.67, 35.28, 118.82°)
OKLab	oklab(81.87% -0.0459 0.077)
OKLCH	oklch(81.87% 0.09 120.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.9848, 56.0916, 32.7726)
Luminance	0.5609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBCD8B #9D8BCD

analogous

#CDBE8B #BBCD8B #9ACD8B

triadic

#BBCD8B #8BBBCD #CD8BBB

tetradic

#BBCD8B #8BCDBE #9D8BCD #CD8B9A

square

#BBCD8B #8BCDBE #9D8BCD #CD8B9A

split-complementary

#BBCD8B #8B9ACD #BE8BCD

monochromatic

#839B43 #A2BB60 #BBCD8B #D4DFB6 #EDF2E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#BBCD8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.22

#BBCD8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBCD8B

12.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBCD8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBCD8B	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)

#D5C686

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C68E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1C6BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbcd8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 205, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.090 120.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0dcad',
    500: '#bbcd8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbcd8b;
$custom-light: #d0dcad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbcd8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76.364,
    "s": 39.759,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81869,
    "c": 0.08964,
    "h": 120.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.56092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBCD8B

secondary

#6E5BA1

accent

#33B356

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFCF7

border

#D4D5D0

text

#141510

muted

#838481

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBCD8B

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

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