#BBBAA8#BBBAA8

#BBBAA8 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.025 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBAA8
RGB	rgb(187, 186, 168)
HSL	hsl(57, 12%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(57, 10%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 10.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.15, -2.83, 9.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.15, 9.68, 106.98°)
OKLab	oklab(78.47% -0.0062 0.0241)
OKLCH	oklch(78.47% 0.025 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.1195, 48.5101, 44.0246)
Luminance	0.4851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBAA8 #A8A9BB

analogous

#BBB1A8 #BBBAA8 #B3BBA8

triadic

#BBBAA8 #A8BBBA #BAA8BB

tetradic

#BBBAA8 #A8BBB1 #A8A9BB #BBA8B3

square

#BBBAA8 #A8BBB1 #A8A9BB #BBA8B3

split-complementary

#BBBAA8 #A8B3BB #B1A8BB

monochromatic

#838166 #A09F86 #BBBAA8 #D6D5CA #F1F0ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BBBAA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.70

#BBBAA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBAA8

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBAA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBAA8	1.00	1.96	10.70	10.70
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEB8A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB9A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEB7B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbaa8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 186, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.025 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcec1',
    500: '#bbbaa8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbaa8;
$custom-light: #cfcec1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbaa8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.842,
    "s": 12.258,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78473,
    "c": 0.02489,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBAA8

secondary

#DDDDE2

accent

#53964F

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F7

border

#D2D2D0

text

#131312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBAA8

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

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