#BBD9AB#BBD9AB

#BBD9AB is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.631; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.070 H 134.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBD9AB
RGB	rgb(187, 217, 171)
HSL	hsl(99, 38%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(99, 21%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 0%, 21.2%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.51, -18.28, 19.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.51, 26.67, 133.25°)
OKLab	oklab(85.13% -0.0493 0.0497)
OKLCH	oklch(85.13% 0.07 134.8)
XYZ	xyz(52.6557, 63.1301, 47.9314)
Luminance	0.6313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBD9AB #C9ABD9

analogous

#D2D9AB #BBD9AB #ABD9B2

triadic

#BBD9AB #ABBBD9 #D9ABBB

tetradic

#BBD9AB #ABD2D9 #C9ABD9 #D9B2AB

square

#BBD9AB #ABD2D9 #C9ABD9 #D9B2AB

split-complementary

#BBD9AB #B2ABD9 #D9ABD2

monochromatic

#77B357 #99C681 #BBD9AB #DDECD5 #EEF5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#BBD9AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.63

#BBD9AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBD9AB

13.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBD9AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBD9AB	1.00	1.54	13.63	13.63
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDD2A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8CFAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBD5CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbd9ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 217, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.070 134.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfe4c4',
    500: '#bbd9ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbd9ab;
$custom-light: #cfe4c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbd9ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 99.13,
    "s": 37.705,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85129,
    "c": 0.07001,
    "h": 134.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.63131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBD9AB

secondary

#9D78B0

accent

#35B186

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFCF9

border

#D4D5D2

text

#141512

muted

#838482

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBD9AB

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

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