#B9BBAB#B9BBAB

#B9BBAB is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.022 H 112.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BBAB
RGB	rgb(185, 187, 171)
HSL	hsl(68, 11%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(68, 9%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 8.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.32, -3.57, 7.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.32, 8.64, 114.43°)
OKLab	oklab(78.6% -0.0086 0.0205)
OKLCH	oklch(78.6% 0.022 112.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.1276, 48.7954, 45.5612)
Luminance	0.4879 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BBAB #ADABBB

analogous

#BBB5AB #B9BBAB #B1BBAB

triadic

#B9BBAB #ABB9BB #BBABB9

tetradic

#B9BBAB #ABBBB5 #ADABBB #BBABB1

square

#B9BBAB #ABBBB5 #ADABBB #BBABB1

split-complementary

#B9BBAB #ABB1BB #B5ABBB

monochromatic

#7F8269 #9DA089 #B9BBAB #D5D6CD #F1F1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#B9BBAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.76

#B9BBAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BBAB

10.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BBAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BBAB	1.00	1.95	10.76	10.76
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEB9AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEBAAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBB9B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bbab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 187, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.022 112.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cecfc4',
    500: '#b9bbab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bbab;
$custom-light: #cecfc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bbab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.5,
    "s": 10.526,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78598,
    "c": 0.02225,
    "h": 112.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BBAB

secondary

#DFDFE3

accent

#519559

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F8

border

#D2D2D1

text

#131312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BBAB

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

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