#BBBAA9#BBBAA9

#BBBAA9 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.024 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBAA9
RGB	rgb(187, 186, 169)
HSL	hsl(57, 12%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(57, 10%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 9.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.17, -2.66, 8.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.17, 9.14, 106.90°)
OKLab	oklab(78.5% -0.0058 0.0228)
OKLCH	oklch(78.5% 0.024 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.2130, 48.5475, 44.5172)
Luminance	0.4855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBAA9 #A9AABB

analogous

#BBB1A9 #BBBAA9 #B3BBA9

triadic

#BBBAA9 #A9BBBA #BAA9BB

tetradic

#BBBAA9 #A9BBB1 #A9AABB #BBA9B3

square

#BBBAA9 #A9BBB1 #A9AABB #BBA9B3

split-complementary

#BBBAA9 #A9B3BB #B1A9BB

monochromatic

#828167 #A09F87 #BBBAA9 #D6D5CB #F1F1ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BBBAA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.71

#BBBAA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBAA9

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBAA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBAA9	1.00	1.96	10.71	10.71
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDB9A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEBAAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEB8B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbaa9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 186, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.024 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcec2',
    500: '#bbbaa9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbaa9;
$custom-light: #cfcec2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbaa9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.667,
    "s": 11.688,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78499,
    "c": 0.02353,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBAA9

secondary

#DDDEE2

accent

#549650

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F7

border

#D2D2D0

text

#131312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBAA9

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

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