#BBB8A1#BBB8A1

#BBB8A1 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.032 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB8A1
RGB	rgb(187, 184, 161)
HSL	hsl(53, 16%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(53, 14%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 13.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.46, -2.92, 12.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.46, 12.42, 103.58°)
OKLab	oklab(77.88% -0.0061 0.0313)
OKLCH	oklch(77.88% 0.032 101)
XYZ	xyz(44.0665, 47.4194, 40.5427)
Luminance	0.4742 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB8A1 #A1A4BB

analogous

#BBABA1 #BBB8A1 #B1BBA1

triadic

#BBB8A1 #A1BBB8 #B8A1BB

tetradic

#BBB8A1 #A1BBAB #A1A4BB #BBA1B1

square

#BBB8A1 #A1BBAB #A1A4BB #BBA1B1

split-complementary

#BBB8A1 #A1B1BB #ABA1BB

monochromatic

#837F5F #A19D7D #BBB8A1 #D5D3C5 #EEEEE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BBB8A1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.48

#BBB8A1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB8A1

10.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB8A1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB8A1	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)

#BDB6A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB8A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFB5B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb8a1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 184, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.032 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcdbc',
    500: '#bbb8a1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb8a1;
$custom-light: #cfcdbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb8a1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.077,
    "s": 16.049,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77877,
    "c": 0.03188,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.47419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB8A1

secondary

#D8D9E0

accent

#549A4B

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#131312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB8A1

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

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