#BBB8A3#BBB8A3

#BBB8A3 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.029 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB8A3
RGB	rgb(187, 184, 163)
HSL	hsl(53, 15%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(53, 13%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 12.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.50, -2.59, 11.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.50, 11.35, 103.20°)
OKLab	oklab(77.93% -0.0052 0.0287)
OKLCH	oklch(77.93% 0.029 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.2442, 47.4905, 41.4790)
Luminance	0.4749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB8A3 #A3A6BB

analogous

#BBACA3 #BBB8A3 #B2BBA3

triadic

#BBB8A3 #A3BBB8 #B8A3BB

tetradic

#BBB8A3 #A3BBAC #A3A6BB #BBA3B2

square

#BBB8A3 #A3BBAC #A3A6BB #BBA3B2

split-complementary

#BBB8A3 #A3B2BB #ACA3BB

monochromatic

#837F61 #A19D80 #BBB8A3 #D5D3C6 #EFEEE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BBB8A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.50

#BBB8A3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB8A3

10.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB8A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB8A3	1.00	2.00	10.50	10.50
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCB6A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDB8A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFB5B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb8a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 184, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.029 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcdbe',
    500: '#bbb8a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb8a3;
$custom-light: #cfcdbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb8a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 15,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77928,
    "c": 0.02918,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB8A3

secondary

#D9DAE0

accent

#56994C

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#131312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB8A3

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

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