#BBBAA7#BBBAA7

#BBBAA7 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.026 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBAA7
RGB	rgb(187, 186, 167)
HSL	hsl(57, 13%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(57, 11%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 10.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.12, -2.99, 9.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.12, 10.21, 107.04°)
OKLab	oklab(78.45% -0.0066 0.0254)
OKLCH	oklch(78.45% 0.026 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.0267, 48.4729, 43.5359)
Luminance	0.4847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBAA7 #A7A8BB

analogous

#BBB0A7 #BBBAA7 #B2BBA7

triadic

#BBBAA7 #A7BBBA #BAA7BB

tetradic

#BBBAA7 #A7BBB0 #A7A8BB #BBA7B2

square

#BBBAA7 #A7BBB0 #A7A8BB #BBA7B2

split-complementary

#BBBAA7 #A7B2BB #B0A7BB

monochromatic

#838165 #A09F84 #BBBAA7 #D6D5CA #F0F0EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BBBAA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.69

#BBBAA7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBAA7

10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBAA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBAA7	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)

#BEB8A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB9A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEB7B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbaa7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 186, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.026 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcec1',
    500: '#bbbaa7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbaa7;
$custom-light: #cfcec1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbaa7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57,
    "s": 12.821,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78447,
    "c": 0.02626,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBAA7

secondary

#DCDCE2

accent

#52974F

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F7

border

#D2D2D0

text

#131312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBAA7

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

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