#BBB8AE#BBB8AE

#BBB8AE is a light, near-neutral yellow. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.014 H 93.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB8AE
RGB	rgb(187, 184, 174)
HSL	hsl(46, 9%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(46, 7%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.76, -0.74, 5.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.76, 5.50, 97.69°)
OKLab	oklab(78.22% -0.0007 0.0143)
OKLCH	oklch(78.22% 0.014 93)
XYZ	xyz(45.2730, 47.9020, 46.8972)
Luminance	0.4790 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB8AE #AEB1BB

analogous

#BBB1AE #BBB8AE #B7BBAE

triadic

#BBB8AE #AEBBB8 #B8AEBB

tetradic

#BBB8AE #AEBBB1 #AEB1BB #BBAEB7

square

#BBB8AE #AEBBB1 #AEB1BB #BBAEB7

split-complementary

#BBB8AE #AEB7BB #B1AEBB

monochromatic

#827D6D #9F9B8D #BBB8AE #D7D5CF #F1F0EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BBB8AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.58

#BBB8AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB8AE

10.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB8AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB8AE	1.00	1.98	10.58	10.58
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAB7AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBB8AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDB6B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb8ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 184, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.014 93.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcdc6',
    500: '#bbb8ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb8ae;
$custom-light: #cfcdc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb8ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.154,
    "s": 8.725,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78219,
    "c": 0.01433,
    "h": 93
  },
  "luminance": 0.47902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB8AE

secondary

#E1E1E4

accent

#629353

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F8

border

#D2D2D1

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB8AE

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

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