#BBB9AF#BBB9AF

#BBB9AF is a light, near-neutral yellow. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.014 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB9AF
RGB	rgb(187, 185, 175)
HSL	hsl(50, 8%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(50, 6%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 6.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.05, -1.09, 5.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.05, 5.43, 101.63°)
OKLab	oklab(78.45% -0.0018 0.014)
OKLCH	oklch(78.45% 0.014 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.5793, 48.3581, 47.4820)
Luminance	0.4836 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB9AF #AFB1BB

analogous

#BBB3AF #BBB9AF #B7BBAF

triadic

#BBB9AF #AFBBB9 #B9AFBB

tetradic

#BBB9AF #AFBBB3 #AFB1BB #BBAFB7

square

#BBB9AF #AFBBB3 #AFB1BB #BBAFB7

split-complementary

#BBB9AF #AFB7BB #B3AFBB

monochromatic

#827E6E #9F9C8E #BBB9AF #D7D6D0 #F1F1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BBB9AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.67

#BBB9AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB9AF

10.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB9AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB9AF	1.00	1.97	10.67	10.67
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBB8AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCB9AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDB7B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb9af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 185, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.014 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcec6',
    500: '#bbb9af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb9af;
$custom-light: #cfcec6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb9af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 8.108,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78453,
    "c": 0.01408,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB9AF

secondary

#E1E2E4

accent

#5E9253

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F8

border

#D2D2D1

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB9AF

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

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