#BBB8A4#BBB8A4

#BBB8A4 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.028 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB8A4
RGB	rgb(187, 184, 164)
HSL	hsl(52, 14%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(52, 12%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 12.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.53, -2.43, 10.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.53, 10.82, 102.97°)
OKLab	oklab(77.95% -0.0048 0.0274)
OKLCH	oklch(77.95% 0.028 100)
XYZ	xyz(44.3342, 47.5265, 41.9527)
Luminance	0.4753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB8A4 #A4A7BB

analogous

#BBADA4 #BBB8A4 #B3BBA4

triadic

#BBB8A4 #A4BBB8 #B8A4BB

tetradic

#BBB8A4 #A4BBAD #A4A7BB #BBA4B3

square

#BBB8A4 #A4BBAD #A4A7BB #BBA4B3

split-complementary

#BBB8A4 #A4B3BB #ADA4BB

monochromatic

#837F62 #A19D81 #BBB8A4 #D5D3C7 #EFEFEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BBB8A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.51

#BBB8A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB8A4

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB8A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB8A4	1.00	2.00	10.51	10.51
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCB6A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDB8A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFB5B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb8a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 184, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.028 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcdbf',
    500: '#bbb8a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb8a4;
$custom-light: #cfcdbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb8a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.174,
    "s": 14.465,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77953,
    "c": 0.02782,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.47526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB8A4

secondary

#DADBE1

accent

#57994D

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F7

border

#D2D2D0

text

#131312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB8A4

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

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