#BBCD9C#BBCD9C

#BBCD9C is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.566; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.069 H 124.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBCD9C
RGB	rgb(187, 205, 156)
HSL	hsl(82, 33%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(82, 24%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.8%, 0%, 23.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.97, -14.59, 22.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.97, 26.76, 123.05°)
OKLab	oklab(82.21% -0.0388 0.057)
OKLCH	oklch(82.21% 0.069 124.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.3249, 56.6276, 39.8304)
Luminance	0.5663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBCD9C #AE9CCD

analogous

#CDC69C #BBCD9C #A2CD9C

triadic

#BBCD9C #9CBBCD #CD9CBB

tetradic

#BBCD9C #9CCDC6 #AE9CCD #CD9CA2

square

#BBCD9C #9CCDC6 #AE9CCD #CD9CA2

split-complementary

#BBCD9C #9CA2CD #C69CCD

monochromatic

#829F50 #9FB873 #BBCD9C #D7E2C5 #F1F5EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#BBCD9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.33

#BBCD9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBCD9C

12.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBCD9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBCD9C	1.00	1.70	12.33	12.33
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3C799

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0C69E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEC8C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbcd9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 205, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.069 124.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfdcb9',
    500: '#bbcd9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbcd9c;
$custom-light: #cfdcb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbcd9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 82.041,
    "s": 32.886,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82211,
    "c": 0.06892,
    "h": 124.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.56628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBCD9C

secondary

#7F6BA2

accent

#3AAC64

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFCF8

border

#D4D5D1

text

#141511

muted

#838481

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBCD9C

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

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