#BBBAA4#BBBAA4

#BBBAA4 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.030 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBAA4
RGB	rgb(187, 186, 164)
HSL	hsl(57, 14%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(57, 12%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 12.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.05, -3.49, 11.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.05, 11.82, 107.17°)
OKLab	oklab(78.37% -0.0078 0.0293)
OKLCH	oklch(78.37% 0.03 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.7526, 48.3633, 42.0922)
Luminance	0.4836 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBAA4 #A4A5BB

analogous

#BBAFA4 #BBBAA4 #B1BBA4

triadic

#BBBAA4 #A4BBBA #BAA4BB

tetradic

#BBBAA4 #A4BBAF #A4A5BB #BBA4B1

square

#BBBAA4 #A4BBAF #A4A5BB #BBA4B1

split-complementary

#BBBAA4 #A4B1BB #AFA4BB

monochromatic

#838162 #A19F81 #BBBAA4 #D5D5C7 #EFEFEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BBBAA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.67

#BBBAA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBAA4

10.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBAA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBAA4	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)

#BEB8A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB9A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFB7B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbaa4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 186, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.030 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcebf',
    500: '#bbbaa4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbaa4;
$custom-light: #cfcebf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbaa4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.391,
    "s": 14.465,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7837,
    "c": 0.03033,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBAA4

secondary

#DADAE1

accent

#50994D

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F7

border

#D2D2D0

text

#131312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBAA4

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

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