#BBB8A9#BBB8A9

#BBB8A9 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.021 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB8A9
RGB	rgb(187, 184, 169)
HSL	hsl(50, 12%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(50, 10%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 9.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.64, -1.59, 7.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.64, 8.15, 101.28°)
OKLab	oklab(78.08% -0.0028 0.0209)
OKLCH	oklch(78.08% 0.021 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.7946, 47.7107, 44.3777)
Luminance	0.4771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB8A9 #A9ACBB

analogous

#BBAFA9 #BBB8A9 #B5BBA9

triadic

#BBB8A9 #A9BBB8 #B8A9BB

tetradic

#BBB8A9 #A9BBAF #A9ACBB #BBA9B5

square

#BBB8A9 #A9BBAF #A9ACBB #BBA9B5

split-complementary

#BBB8A9 #A9B5BB #AFA9BB

monochromatic

#827E67 #A09C87 #BBB8A9 #D6D4CB #F1F0ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BBB8A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.54

#BBB8A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB8A9

10.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB8A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB8A9	1.00	1.99	10.54	10.54
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBB7A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCB8A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEB6B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb8a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 184, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.021 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcdc2',
    500: '#bbb8a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb8a9;
$custom-light: #cfcdc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb8a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 11.688,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78084,
    "c": 0.02107,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB8A9

secondary

#DDDEE2

accent

#5B9650

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F7

border

#D2D2D0

text

#131312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB8A9

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

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