#BBB8A2#BBB8A2

#BBB8A2 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.031 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB8A2
RGB	rgb(187, 184, 162)
HSL	hsl(53, 16%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(53, 13%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 13.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.48, -2.76, 11.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.48, 11.89, 103.40°)
OKLab	oklab(77.9% -0.0057 0.03)
OKLCH	oklch(77.9% 0.031 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.1550, 47.4548, 41.0090)
Luminance	0.4745 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB8A2 #A2A5BB

analogous

#BBABA2 #BBB8A2 #B1BBA2

triadic

#BBB8A2 #A2BBB8 #B8A2BB

tetradic

#BBB8A2 #A2BBAB #A2A5BB #BBA2B1

square

#BBB8A2 #A2BBAB #A2A5BB #BBA2B1

split-complementary

#BBB8A2 #A2B1BB #ABA2BB

monochromatic

#837F60 #A19D7F #BBB8A2 #D5D3C5 #EFEEE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BBB8A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.49

#BBB8A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB8A2

10.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB8A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB8A2	1.00	2.00	10.49	10.49
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDB6A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB8A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFB5B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb8a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 184, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.031 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcdbd',
    500: '#bbb8a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb8a2;
$custom-light: #cfcdbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb8a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.8,
    "s": 15.528,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77902,
    "c": 0.03052,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB8A2

secondary

#D9DAE0

accent

#559A4C

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#131312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB8A2

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

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