#BBB8A5#BBB8A5

#BBB8A5 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.026 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB8A5
RGB	rgb(187, 184, 165)
HSL	hsl(52, 14%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(52, 12%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 11.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.55, -2.26, 10.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.55, 10.29, 102.72°)
OKLab	oklab(77.98% -0.0044 0.0261)
OKLCH	oklch(77.98% 0.026 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.4248, 47.5628, 42.4302)
Luminance	0.4756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB8A5 #A5A8BB

analogous

#BBADA5 #BBB8A5 #B3BBA5

triadic

#BBB8A5 #A5BBB8 #B8A5BB

tetradic

#BBB8A5 #A5BBAD #A5A8BB #BBA5B3

square

#BBB8A5 #A5BBAD #A5A8BB #BBA5B3

split-complementary

#BBB8A5 #A5B3BB #ADA5BB

monochromatic

#837E63 #A19C82 #BBB8A5 #D5D4C8 #F0EFEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BBB8A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.51

#BBB8A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB8A5

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB8A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB8A5	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)

#BCB7A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDB8A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFB5B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb8a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 184, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.026 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcdbf',
    500: '#bbb8a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb8a5;
$custom-light: #cfcdbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb8a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.818,
    "s": 13.924,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77979,
    "c": 0.02647,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB8A5

secondary

#DBDCE1

accent

#58984D

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F7

border

#D2D2D0

text

#131312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB8A5

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

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