#BBB9AA#BBB9AA

#BBB9AA is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.021 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB9AA
RGB	rgb(187, 185, 170)
HSL	hsl(53, 11%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(53, 9%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 9.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.93, -1.96, 7.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.93, 8.10, 103.98°)
OKLab	oklab(78.32% -0.0039 0.0205)
OKLCH	oklch(78.32% 0.021 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.0973, 48.1653, 44.9435)
Luminance	0.4817 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB9AA #AAACBB

analogous

#BBB0AA #BBB9AA #B5BBAA

triadic

#BBB9AA #AABBB9 #B9AABB

tetradic

#BBB9AA #AABBB0 #AAACBB #BBAAB5

square

#BBB9AA #AABBB0 #AAACBB #BBAAB5

split-complementary

#BBB9AA #AAB5BB #B0AABB

monochromatic

#827F68 #A09D88 #BBB9AA #D6D5CC #F1F1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BBB9AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.63

#BBB9AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB9AA

10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB9AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB9AA	1.00	1.97	10.63	10.63
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCB8A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDB9AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEB7B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb9aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 185, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.021 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcec3',
    500: '#bbb9aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb9aa;
$custom-light: #cfcec3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb9aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.941,
    "s": 11.111,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78318,
    "c": 0.0209,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB9AA

secondary

#DEDFE3

accent

#589550

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F7

border

#D2D2D0

text

#131312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB9AA

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

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