#BBB8AB#BBB8AB

#BBB8AB is a light, near-neutral yellow. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.018 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB8AB
RGB	rgb(187, 184, 171)
HSL	hsl(49, 11%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(49, 9%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 8.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.69, -1.25, 6.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.69, 7.09, 100.19°)
OKLab	oklab(78.14% -0.002 0.0183)
OKLCH	oklch(78.14% 0.018 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.9838, 47.7864, 45.3741)
Luminance	0.4779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB8AB #ABAEBB

analogous

#BBB0AB #BBB8AB #B6BBAB

triadic

#BBB8AB #ABBBB8 #B8ABBB

tetradic

#BBB8AB #ABBBB0 #ABAEBB #BBABB6

square

#BBB8AB #ABBBB0 #ABAEBB #BBABB6

split-complementary

#BBB8AB #ABB6BB #B0ABBB

monochromatic

#827E69 #A09B89 #BBB8AB #D6D5CD #F1F1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BBB8AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.56

#BBB8AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB8AB

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB8AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB8AB	1.00	1.99	10.56	10.56
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBB7AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCB8AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEB6B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb8ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 184, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.018 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcdc4',
    500: '#bbb8ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb8ab;
$custom-light: #cfcdc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb8ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.75,
    "s": 10.526,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78137,
    "c": 0.01837,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB8AB

secondary

#DFE0E3

accent

#5E9551

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F8

border

#D2D2D1

text

#131312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB8AB

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

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