#BBCD9D#BBCD9D

#BBCD9D is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.567; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.068 H 124.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBCD9D
RGB	rgb(187, 205, 157)
HSL	hsl(83, 32%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(83, 23%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.8%, 0%, 23.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.99, -14.44, 21.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.99, 26.26, 123.37°)
OKLab	oklab(82.23% -0.0384 0.0557)
OKLCH	oklch(82.23% 0.068 124.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.4099, 56.6616, 40.2782)
Luminance	0.5666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBCD9D #AF9DCD

analogous

#CDC79D #BBCD9D #A3CD9D

triadic

#BBCD9D #9DBBCD #CD9DBB

tetradic

#BBCD9D #9DCDC7 #AF9DCD #CD9DA3

square

#BBCD9D #9DCDC7 #AF9DCD #CD9DA3

split-complementary

#BBCD9D #9DA3CD #C79DCD

monochromatic

#829F51 #9FB874 #BBCD9D #D7E2C6 #F1F5EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#BBCD9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.33

#BBCD9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBCD9D

12.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBCD9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBCD9D	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)

#D3C79A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0C69F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEC8C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbcd9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 205, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.068 124.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfdcba',
    500: '#bbcd9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbcd9d;
$custom-light: #cfdcba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbcd9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 82.5,
    "s": 32.432,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82233,
    "c": 0.06769,
    "h": 124.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBCD9D

secondary

#806CA2

accent

#3AAB65

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFCF8

border

#D4D5D1

text

#141511

muted

#838481

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBCD9D

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

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