#BBB8A7#BBB8A7

#BBB8A7 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.024 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB8A7
RGB	rgb(187, 184, 167)
HSL	hsl(51, 13%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(51, 11%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 10.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.59, -1.93, 9.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.59, 9.22, 102.09°)
OKLab	oklab(78.03% -0.0036 0.0235)
OKLCH	oklch(78.03% 0.024 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.6083, 47.6362, 43.3964)
Luminance	0.4764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB8A7 #A7AABB

analogous

#BBAEA7 #BBB8A7 #B4BBA7

triadic

#BBB8A7 #A7BBB8 #B8A7BB

tetradic

#BBB8A7 #A7BBAE #A7AABB #BBA7B4

square

#BBB8A7 #A7BBAE #A7AABB #BBA7B4

split-complementary

#BBB8A7 #A7B4BB #AEA7BB

monochromatic

#837E65 #A09C84 #BBB8A7 #D6D4CA #F0F0EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BBB8A7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.53

#BBB8A7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB8A7

10.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB8A7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB8A7	1.00	1.99	10.53	10.53
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCB7A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDB8A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFB5B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb8a7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 184, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.024 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcdc1',
    500: '#bbb8a7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb8a7;
$custom-light: #cfcdc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb8a7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51,
    "s": 12.821,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78031,
    "c": 0.02378,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB8A7

secondary

#DCDDE2

accent

#59974F

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F7

border

#D2D2D0

text

#131312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB8A7

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

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