#BBB8A6#BBB8A6

#BBB8A6 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.025 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB8A6
RGB	rgb(187, 184, 166)
HSL	hsl(51, 13%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(51, 11%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 11.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.57, -2.10, 9.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.57, 9.75, 102.42°)
OKLab	oklab(78.01% -0.004 0.0248)
OKLCH	oklch(78.01% 0.025 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.5162, 47.5993, 42.9114)
Luminance	0.4760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB8A6 #A6A9BB

analogous

#BBAEA6 #BBB8A6 #B4BBA6

triadic

#BBB8A6 #A6BBB8 #B8A6BB

tetradic

#BBB8A6 #A6BBAE #A6A9BB #BBA6B4

square

#BBB8A6 #A6BBAE #A6A9BB #BBA6B4

split-complementary

#BBB8A6 #A6B4BB #AEA6BB

monochromatic

#837E64 #A09C83 #BBB8A6 #D6D4C9 #F0EFEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BBB8A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.52

#BBB8A6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB8A6

10.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB8A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB8A6	1.00	2.00	10.52	10.52
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCB7A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDB8A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFB5B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb8a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 184, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.025 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcdc0',
    500: '#bbb8a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb8a6;
$custom-light: #cfcdc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb8a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 13.376,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78005,
    "c": 0.02512,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB8A6

secondary

#DBDCE1

accent

#58984E

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F7

border

#D2D2D0

text

#131312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB8A6

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

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