#BBBAAA#BBBAAA

#BBBAAA is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.022 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBAAA
RGB	rgb(187, 186, 170)
HSL	hsl(56, 11%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(56, 9%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 9.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.19, -2.49, 8.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.19, 8.61, 106.81°)
OKLab	oklab(78.53% -0.0054 0.0215)
OKLCH	oklch(78.53% 0.022 104)
XYZ	xyz(45.3072, 48.5852, 45.0135)
Luminance	0.4859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBAAA #AAABBB

analogous

#BBB2AA #BBBAAA #B3BBAA

triadic

#BBBAAA #AABBBA #BAAABB

tetradic

#BBBAAA #AABBB2 #AAABBB #BBAAB3

square

#BBBAAA #AABBB2 #AAABBB #BBAAB3

split-complementary

#BBBAAA #AAB3BB #B2AABB

monochromatic

#828168 #A09E88 #BBBAAA #D6D6CC #F1F1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BBBAAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.72

#BBBAAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBAAA

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBAAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBAAA	1.00	1.96	10.72	10.72
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDB9A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEBAAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEB8B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbaaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 186, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.022 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcec3',
    500: '#bbbaaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbaaa;
$custom-light: #cfcec3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbaaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.471,
    "s": 11.111,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78525,
    "c": 0.02217,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.48585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBAAA

secondary

#DEDEE3

accent

#549550

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F7

border

#D2D2D0

text

#131312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBAAA

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

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