#BBCD9B#BBCD9B

#BBCD9B is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.566; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.070 H 124.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBCD9B
RGB	rgb(187, 205, 155)
HSL	hsl(82, 33%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(82, 24%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.8%, 0%, 24.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.95, -14.74, 22.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.95, 27.26, 122.74°)
OKLab	oklab(82.19% -0.0392 0.0582)
OKLCH	oklch(82.19% 0.07 124)
XYZ	xyz(48.2405, 56.5939, 39.3863)
Luminance	0.5659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBCD9B #AD9BCD

analogous

#CDC69B #BBCD9B #A2CD9B

triadic

#BBCD9B #9BBBCD #CD9BBB

tetradic

#BBCD9B #9BCDC6 #AD9BCD #CD9BA2

square

#BBCD9B #9BCDC6 #AD9BCD #CD9BA2

split-complementary

#BBCD9B #9BA2CD #C69BCD

monochromatic

#829E4F #9FB972 #BBCD9B #D7E1C4 #F1F5EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#BBCD9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.32

#BBCD9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBCD9B

12.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBCD9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBCD9B	1.00	1.70	12.32	12.32
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3C798

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0C69D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFC8BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbcd9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 205, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.070 124.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfdcb8',
    500: '#bbcd9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbcd9b;
$custom-light: #cfdcb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbcd9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.6,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82189,
    "c": 0.07016,
    "h": 124
  },
  "luminance": 0.56594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBCD9B

secondary

#7E6AA2

accent

#39AC63

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFCF8

border

#D4D5D1

text

#141511

muted

#838481

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBCD9B

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

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