#B9BBAC#B9BBAC

#B9BBAC is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.021 H 113.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BBAC
RGB	rgb(185, 187, 172)
HSL	hsl(68, 10%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(68, 8%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.35, -3.40, 7.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.35, 8.10, 114.80°)
OKLab	oklab(78.63% -0.0082 0.0192)
OKLCH	oklch(78.63% 0.021 113)
XYZ	xyz(45.2233, 48.8336, 46.0651)
Luminance	0.4883 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BBAC #AEACBB

analogous

#BBB5AC #B9BBAC #B1BBAC

triadic

#B9BBAC #ACB9BB #BBACB9

tetradic

#B9BBAC #ACBBB5 #AEACBB #BBACB1

square

#B9BBAC #ACBBB5 #AEACBB #BBACB1

split-complementary

#B9BBAC #ACB1BB #B5ACBB

monochromatic

#7F826B #9D9F8A #B9BBAC #D5D7CE #F1F1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#B9BBAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.77

#B9BBAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BBAC

10.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BBAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BBAC	1.00	1.95	10.77	10.77
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEB9AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDBAAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBB9B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bbac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 187, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.021 113.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cecfc4',
    500: '#b9bbac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bbac;
$custom-light: #cecfc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bbac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68,
    "s": 9.934,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78625,
    "c": 0.02088,
    "h": 113
  },
  "luminance": 0.48833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BBAC

secondary

#E0DFE3

accent

#52945A

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F8

border

#D2D2D1

text

#131312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BBAC

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

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