#BBBAA6#BBBAA6

#BBBAA6 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.028 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBAA6
RGB	rgb(187, 186, 166)
HSL	hsl(57, 13%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(57, 11%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 11.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.10, -3.16, 10.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.10, 10.75, 107.09°)
OKLab	oklab(78.42% -0.007 0.0267)
OKLCH	oklch(78.42% 0.028 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.9346, 48.4361, 43.0509)
Luminance	0.4844 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBAA6 #A6A7BB

analogous

#BBB0A6 #BBBAA6 #B2BBA6

triadic

#BBBAA6 #A6BBBA #BAA6BB

tetradic

#BBBAA6 #A6BBB0 #A6A7BB #BBA6B2

square

#BBBAA6 #A6BBB0 #A6A7BB #BBA6B2

split-complementary

#BBBAA6 #A6B2BB #B0A6BB

monochromatic

#838164 #A09F83 #BBBAA6 #D6D5C9 #F0F0EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BBBAA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.69

#BBBAA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBAA6

10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBAA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBAA6	1.00	1.96	10.69	10.69
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEB8A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB9A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFB7B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbaa6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 186, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.028 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcec0',
    500: '#bbbaa6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbaa6;
$custom-light: #cfcec0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbaa6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.143,
    "s": 13.376,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78421,
    "c": 0.02761,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBAA6

secondary

#DBDCE1

accent

#51984E

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F7

border

#D2D2D0

text

#131312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBAA6

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

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