#B9BBAF#B9BBAF

#B9BBAF is a light, near-neutral yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.017 H 114.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BBAF
RGB	rgb(185, 187, 175)
HSL	hsl(70, 8%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(70, 6%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 6.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.42, -2.88, 5.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.42, 6.50, 116.25°)
OKLab	oklab(78.71% -0.0069 0.0153)
OKLCH	oklch(78.71% 0.017 114.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.5146, 48.9502, 47.5997)
Luminance	0.4895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BBAF #B1AFBB

analogous

#BBB7AF #B9BBAF #B3BBAF

triadic

#B9BBAF #AFB9BB #BBAFB9

tetradic

#B9BBAF #AFBBB7 #B1AFBB #BBAFB3

square

#B9BBAF #AFBBB7 #B1AFBB #BBAFB3

split-complementary

#B9BBAF #AFB3BB #B7AFBB

monochromatic

#7E826E #9C9F8E #B9BBAF #D6D7D0 #F1F1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#B9BBAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.79

#B9BBAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BBAF

10.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BBAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BBAF	1.00	1.95	10.79	10.79
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDBAAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDBAAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBB9B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bbaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 187, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.017 114.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cecfc6',
    500: '#b9bbaf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bbaf;
$custom-light: #cecfc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bbaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70,
    "s": 8.108,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78706,
    "c": 0.01679,
    "h": 114.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BBAF

secondary

#E2E1E4

accent

#53925E

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F8

border

#D2D2D1

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BBAF

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

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