#B2BB86 is a soft, temperate green. On the Color Lab it reads organic and grounded. It is too pale to lead as a primary accent and reproduces cleanly in print.
Not just a swatch — here's how #B2BB86 works with other colors. Named schemes with #B2BB86 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
This palette keeps Sand as the dominant warm neutral, balanced by muted terracotta and olive earth tones and grounded by a deep espresso anchor.
Sand sets a calm, sun-bleached base here, wrapped in bone and paper off-whites and a soft greige, with a single ink accent for wabi-sabi restraint.
Sand leads this botanical set among foliage greens and a terracotta accent, softened by cream and grounded in bark brown.
Sand holds the warm center of this desert palette with sand and clay beside it, a muted-sage accent and a dark-brown anchor.
Sand is the single accent in this high-contrast editorial system — set on near-white paper against near-black ink, with a warm grey and a desaturated tint of Sand carrying the quiet middle.
How #B2BB86 actually behaves in design work — read from its OKLCH lightness, chroma and hue, not just its raw numbers. Ten signals to help you decide where this color earns its place.
Not a swatch to memorise — a color to build with. Here is #B2BB86 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #B2BB86;
--color-base-rgb: 178 187 134;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(77.2% 0.072 116.0);
--color-50: #F9FAF5;
--color-100: #EFF1E5;
--color-200: #DEE2CB;
--color-300: #C4CAA6;
--color-400: #A8B082;
--color-500: #8B9362;
--color-600: #6D724F;
--color-700: #4F533C;
--color-800: #35372A;
--color-900: #21221B;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
sand: {
50: '#F9FAF5',
100: '#EFF1E5',
200: '#DEE2CB',
300: '#C4CAA6',
400: '#A8B082',
500: '#8B9362',
600: '#6D724F',
700: '#4F533C',
800: '#35372A',
900: '#21221B',
},
}
$base: #B2BB86; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #F9FAF5; $base-100: #EFF1E5; $base-200: #DEE2CB; $base-300: #C4CAA6; $base-400: #A8B082; $base-500: #8B9362; $base-600: #6D724F; $base-700: #4F533C; $base-800: #35372A; $base-900: #21221B; $base-hover: #98A45D; $base-subtle: #E7E9DD;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#B2BB86",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F9FAF5",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#EFF1E5",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#DEE2CB",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#C4CAA6",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#A8B082",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#8B9362",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#6D724F",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#4F533C",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#35372A",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#21221B",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}