#BBB8AC#BBB8AC

#BBB8AC is a light, near-neutral yellow. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.017 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB8AC
RGB	rgb(187, 184, 172)
HSL	hsl(48, 10%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(48, 8%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.71, -1.08, 6.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.71, 6.56, 99.50°)
OKLab	oklab(78.16% -0.0016 0.0169)
OKLCH	oklch(78.16% 0.017 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.0795, 47.8246, 45.8780)
Luminance	0.4782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB8AC #ACAFBB

analogous

#BBB0AC #BBB8AC #B6BBAC

triadic

#BBB8AC #ACBBB8 #B8ACBB

tetradic

#BBB8AC #ACBBB0 #ACAFBB #BBACB6

square

#BBB8AC #ACBBB0 #ACAFBB #BBACB6

split-complementary

#BBB8AC #ACB6BB #B0ACBB

monochromatic

#827D6B #9F9B8A #BBB8AC #D7D5CE #F1F1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BBB8AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.56

#BBB8AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB8AC

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB8AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB8AC	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)

#BBB7AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCB8AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEB6B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb8ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 184, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.017 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcdc4',
    500: '#bbb8ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb8ac;
$custom-light: #cfcdc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb8ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 9.934,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78164,
    "c": 0.01701,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB8AC

secondary

#DFE0E3

accent

#5F9452

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F8

border

#D2D2D1

text

#131312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB8AC

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

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