#BBBAA5#BBBAA5

#BBBAA5 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.029 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBAA5
RGB	rgb(187, 186, 165)
HSL	hsl(57, 14%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(57, 12%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 11.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.08, -3.33, 10.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.08, 11.29, 107.14°)
OKLab	oklab(78.4% -0.0074 0.028)
OKLCH	oklch(78.4% 0.029 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.8432, 48.3996, 42.5697)
Luminance	0.4840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBAA5 #A5A6BB

analogous

#BBAFA5 #BBBAA5 #B1BBA5

triadic

#BBBAA5 #A5BBBA #BAA5BB

tetradic

#BBBAA5 #A5BBAF #A5A6BB #BBA5B1

square

#BBBAA5 #A5BBAF #A5A6BB #BBA5B1

split-complementary

#BBBAA5 #A5B1BB #AFA5BB

monochromatic

#838163 #A19F82 #BBBAA5 #D5D5C8 #F0EFEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BBBAA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.68

#BBBAA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBAA5

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBAA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBAA5	1.00	1.97	10.68	10.68
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEB8A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB9A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFB7B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbaa5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 186, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.029 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcebf',
    500: '#bbbaa5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbaa5;
$custom-light: #cfcebf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbaa5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.273,
    "s": 13.924,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78395,
    "c": 0.02897,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBAA5

secondary

#DBDBE1

accent

#51984D

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F7

border

#D2D2D0

text

#131312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBAA5

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

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