#BBB9AE#BBB9AE

#BBB9AE is a light, near-neutral yellow. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.015 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB9AE
RGB	rgb(187, 185, 174)
HSL	hsl(51, 9%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(51, 7%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.03, -1.27, 5.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.03, 5.96, 102.29°)
OKLab	oklab(78.43% -0.0022 0.0153)
OKLCH	oklch(78.43% 0.015 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.4815, 48.3190, 46.9667)
Luminance	0.4832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB9AE #AEB0BB

analogous

#BBB2AE #BBB9AE #B6BBAE

triadic

#BBB9AE #AEBBB9 #B9AEBB

tetradic

#BBB9AE #AEBBB2 #AEB0BB #BBAEB6

square

#BBB9AE #AEBBB2 #AEB0BB #BBAEB6

split-complementary

#BBB9AE #AEB6BB #B2AEBB

monochromatic

#827F6D #9F9C8D #BBB9AE #D7D6CF #F1F1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BBB9AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.66

#BBB9AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB9AE

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB9AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB9AE	1.00	1.97	10.66	10.66
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBB8AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCB9AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDB7B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb9ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 185, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.015 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcec6',
    500: '#bbb9ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb9ae;
$custom-light: #cfcec6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb9ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.769,
    "s": 8.725,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78426,
    "c": 0.01544,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB9AE

secondary

#E1E1E4

accent

#5D9353

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F8

border

#D2D2D1

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB9AE

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

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