#BBB7A4#BBB7A4

#BBB7A4 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.027 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB7A4
RGB	rgb(187, 183, 164)
HSL	hsl(50, 14%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(50, 12%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 12.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.26, -1.90, 10.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.26, 10.35, 100.57°)
OKLab	oklab(77.75% -0.0033 0.0265)
OKLCH	oklch(77.75% 0.027 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.1272, 47.1125, 41.8838)
Luminance	0.4711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB7A4 #A4A8BB

analogous

#BBACA4 #BBB7A4 #B4BBA4

triadic

#BBB7A4 #A4BBB7 #B7A4BB

tetradic

#BBB7A4 #A4BBAC #A4A8BB #BBA4B4

square

#BBB7A4 #A4BBAC #A4A8BB #BBA4B4

split-complementary

#BBB7A4 #A4B4BB #ACA4BB

monochromatic

#837D62 #A19B81 #BBB7A4 #D5D3C7 #EFEEEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BBB7A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.42

#BBB7A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB7A4

10.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB7A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB7A4	1.00	2.01	10.42	10.42
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBB6A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCB7A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFB4B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb7a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 183, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.027 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfccbf',
    500: '#bbb7a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb7a4;
$custom-light: #cfccbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb7a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.565,
    "s": 14.465,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77746,
    "c": 0.02666,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB7A4

secondary

#DADBE1

accent

#5A994D

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F7

border

#D2D1D0

text

#131312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB7A4

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

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