#BBB8A8#BBB8A8

#BBB8A8 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.022 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB8A8
RGB	rgb(187, 184, 168)
HSL	hsl(51, 12%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(51, 10%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 10.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.62, -1.76, 8.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.62, 8.68, 101.72°)
OKLab	oklab(78.06% -0.0032 0.0222)
OKLCH	oklch(78.06% 0.022 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.7011, 47.6733, 43.8852)
Luminance	0.4767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB8A8 #A8ABBB

analogous

#BBAFA8 #BBB8A8 #B5BBA8

triadic

#BBB8A8 #A8BBB8 #B8A8BB

tetradic

#BBB8A8 #A8BBAF #A8ABBB #BBA8B5

square

#BBB8A8 #A8BBAF #A8ABBB #BBA8B5

split-complementary

#BBB8A8 #A8B5BB #AFA8BB

monochromatic

#837E66 #A09C86 #BBB8A8 #D6D4CA #F1F0ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BBB8A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.53

#BBB8A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB8A8

10.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB8A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB8A8	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)

#BCB7A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCB8A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEB6B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb8a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 184, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.022 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcdc1',
    500: '#bbb8a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb8a8;
$custom-light: #cfcdc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb8a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.526,
    "s": 12.258,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78057,
    "c": 0.02242,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB8A8

secondary

#DDDEE2

accent

#5A964F

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F7

border

#D2D2D0

text

#131312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB8A8

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

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