#BBB9AB#BBB9AB

#BBB9AB is a light, near-neutral yellow. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.020 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB9AB
RGB	rgb(187, 185, 171)
HSL	hsl(53, 11%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(53, 9%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 8.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.95, -1.79, 7.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.95, 7.57, 103.66°)
OKLab	oklab(78.34% -0.0035 0.0192)
OKLCH	oklch(78.34% 0.02 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.1923, 48.2033, 45.4436)
Luminance	0.4820 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB9AB #ABADBB

analogous

#BBB1AB #BBB9AB #B5BBAB

triadic

#BBB9AB #ABBBB9 #B9ABBB

tetradic

#BBB9AB #ABBBB1 #ABADBB #BBABB5

square

#BBB9AB #ABBBB1 #ABADBB #BBABB5

split-complementary

#BBB9AB #ABB5BB #B1ABBB

monochromatic

#827F69 #A09D89 #BBB9AB #D6D5CD #F1F1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BBB9AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.64

#BBB9AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB9AB

10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB9AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB9AB	1.00	1.97	10.64	10.64
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCB8AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDB9AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEB7B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb9ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 185, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.020 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcec4',
    500: '#bbb9ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb9ab;
$custom-light: #cfcec4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb9ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 10.526,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78344,
    "c": 0.01954,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB9AB

secondary

#DFDFE3

accent

#599551

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F8

border

#D2D2D1

text

#131312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB9AB

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

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