#BBB8A0#BBB8A0

#BBB8A0 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.033 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB8A0
RGB	rgb(187, 184, 160)
HSL	hsl(53, 17%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(53, 14%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 14.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.43, -3.08, 12.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.43, 12.96, 103.74°)
OKLab	oklab(77.85% -0.0065 0.0326)
OKLCH	oklch(77.85% 0.033 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.9786, 47.3843, 40.0802)
Luminance	0.4738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB8A0 #A0A3BB

analogous

#BBAAA0 #BBB8A0 #B0BBA0

triadic

#BBB8A0 #A0BBB8 #B8A0BB

tetradic

#BBB8A0 #A0BBAA #A0A3BB #BBA0B0

square

#BBB8A0 #A0BBAA #A0A3BB #BBA0B0

split-complementary

#BBB8A0 #A0B0BB #AAA0BB

monochromatic

#837F5E #A19D7C #BBB8A0 #D5D3C4 #EEEDE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BBB8A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.48

#BBB8A0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB8A0

10.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB8A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB8A0	1.00	2.00	10.48	10.48
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDB69F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB8A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B4B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb8a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 184, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.033 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcdbc',
    500: '#bbb8a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb8a0;
$custom-light: #cfcdbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb8a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 16.564,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77852,
    "c": 0.03321,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB8A0

secondary

#D7D8E0

accent

#549B4B

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#131312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB8A0

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

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