#BBB8AF#BBB8AF

#BBB8AF is a light, near-neutral yellow. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.013 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB8AF
RGB	rgb(187, 184, 175)
HSL	hsl(45, 8%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(45, 6%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 6.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.79, -0.56, 4.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.79, 4.97, 96.49°)
OKLab	oklab(78.25% -0.0003 0.013)
OKLCH	oklch(78.25% 0.013 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.3708, 47.9412, 47.4125)
Luminance	0.4794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB8AF #AFB2BB

analogous

#BBB2AF #BBB8AF #B8BBAF

triadic

#BBB8AF #AFBBB8 #B8AFBB

tetradic

#BBB8AF #AFBBB2 #AFB2BB #BBAFB8

square

#BBB8AF #AFBBB2 #AFB2BB #BBAFB8

split-complementary

#BBB8AF #AFB8BB #B2AFBB

monochromatic

#827D6E #9F9B8E #BBB8AF #D7D5D0 #F1F0EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BBB8AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.59

#BBB8AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB8AF

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB8AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB8AF	1.00	1.98	10.59	10.59
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAB7AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBB8AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDB6B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb8af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 184, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.013 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcdc6',
    500: '#bbb8af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb8af;
$custom-light: #cfcdc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb8af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 8.108,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78247,
    "c": 0.01298,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47941
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB8AF

secondary

#E1E2E4

accent

#639253

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F8

border

#D2D2D1

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB8AF

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

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