#BBCD9E#BBCD9E

#BBCD9E is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.567; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.066 H 124.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBCD9E
RGB	rgb(187, 205, 158)
HSL	hsl(83, 32%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(83, 23%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.8%, 0%, 22.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.01, -14.29, 21.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.01, 25.75, 123.70°)
OKLab	oklab(82.25% -0.038 0.0545)
OKLCH	oklch(82.25% 0.066 124.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.4956, 56.6959, 40.7297)
Luminance	0.5670 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBCD9E #B09ECD

analogous

#CDC79E #BBCD9E #A3CD9E

triadic

#BBCD9E #9EBBCD #CD9EBB

tetradic

#BBCD9E #9ECDC7 #B09ECD #CD9EA3

square

#BBCD9E #9ECDC7 #B09ECD #CD9EA3

split-complementary

#BBCD9E #9EA3CD #C79ECD

monochromatic

#819F52 #9FB876 #BBCD9E #D7E2C6 #F1F5EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#BBCD9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.34

#BBCD9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBCD9E

12.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBCD9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBCD9E	1.00	1.70	12.34	12.34
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3C79B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0C6A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEC8C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbcd9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 205, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.066 124.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfdcba',
    500: '#bbcd9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbcd9e;
$custom-light: #cfdcba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbcd9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 82.979,
    "s": 31.973,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82254,
    "c": 0.06645,
    "h": 124.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.56696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBCD9E

secondary

#816DA2

accent

#3BAB66

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFCF8

border

#D4D5D1

text

#141511

muted

#838481

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBCD9E

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

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