#B5BBAB#B5BBAB

#B5BBAB is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.023 H 123.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5BBAB
RGB	rgb(181, 187, 171)
HSL	hsl(83, 11%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(83, 9%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.2%, 0%, 8.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.02, -5.01, 7.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.02, 8.92, 124.16°)
OKLab	oklab(78.28% -0.0129 0.0193)
OKLCH	oklch(78.28% 0.023 123.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.1759, 48.3047, 45.5166)
Luminance	0.4830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5BBAB #B1ABBB

analogous

#BBB9AB #B5BBAB #ADBBAB

triadic

#B5BBAB #ABB5BB #BBABB5

tetradic

#B5BBAB #ABBBB9 #B1ABBB #BBABAD

square

#B5BBAB #ABBBB9 #B1ABBB #BBABAD

split-complementary

#B5BBAB #ABADBB #B9ABBB

monochromatic

#798269 #97A089 #B5BBAB #D3D6CD #F0F1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#B5BBAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.66

#B5BBAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BBAB

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BBAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BBAB	1.00	1.97	10.66	10.66
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDB9AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCB9AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6B9B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5bbab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 187, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.023 123.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbcfc4',
    500: '#b5bbab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5bbab;
$custom-light: #cbcfc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5bbab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 82.5,
    "s": 10.526,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7828,
    "c": 0.02317,
    "h": 123.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BBAB

secondary

#E0DFE3

accent

#51956A

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F9F8

border

#D1D2D1

text

#131312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BBAB

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

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