#BBB5A2#BBB5A2

#BBB5A2 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.027 H 92.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB5A2
RGB	rgb(187, 181, 162)
HSL	hsl(46, 16%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(46, 13%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 13.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.69, -1.16, 10.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.69, 10.51, 96.33°)
OKLab	oklab(77.28% -0.0012 0.0272)
OKLCH	oklch(77.28% 0.027 92.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.5384, 46.2217, 40.8035)
Luminance	0.4622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB5A2 #A2A8BB

analogous

#BBA8A2 #BBB5A2 #B4BBA2

triadic

#BBB5A2 #A2BBB5 #B5A2BB

tetradic

#BBB5A2 #A2BBA8 #A2A8BB #BBA2B4

square

#BBB5A2 #A2BBA8 #A2A8BB #BBA2B4

split-complementary

#BBB5A2 #A2B4BB #A8A2BB

monochromatic

#837A60 #A1997F #BBB5A2 #D5D1C5 #EFEDE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#BBB5A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.24

#BBB5A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB5A2

10.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB5A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB5A2	1.00	2.05	10.24	10.24
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B4A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBB6A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFB2B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb5a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 181, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.027 92.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcbbd',
    500: '#bbb5a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb5a2;
$custom-light: #cfcbbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb5a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.6,
    "s": 15.528,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77279,
    "c": 0.02717,
    "h": 92.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46221
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB5A2

secondary

#D9DAE0

accent

#5E9A4C

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#131312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB5A2

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

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