#BBBAAB#BBBAAB

#BBBAAB is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.021 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBAAB
RGB	rgb(187, 186, 171)
HSL	hsl(56, 11%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(56, 9%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 8.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.22, -2.32, 7.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.22, 8.07, 106.69°)
OKLab	oklab(78.55% -0.005 0.0202)
OKLCH	oklch(78.55% 0.021 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.4022, 48.6231, 45.5135)
Luminance	0.4862 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBAAB #ABACBB

analogous

#BBB2AB #BBBAAB #B4BBAB

triadic

#BBBAAB #ABBBBA #BAABBB

tetradic

#BBBAAB #ABBBB2 #ABACBB #BBABB4

square

#BBBAAB #ABBBB2 #ABACBB #BBABB4

split-complementary

#BBBAAB #ABB4BB #B2ABBB

monochromatic

#828169 #A09E89 #BBBAAB #D6D6CD #F1F1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BBBAAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.72

#BBBAAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBAAB

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBAAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBAAB	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)

#BDB9AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEBAAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEB8B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbaab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 186, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.021 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcec4',
    500: '#bbbaab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbaab;
$custom-light: #cfcec4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbaab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.25,
    "s": 10.526,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78552,
    "c": 0.0208,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBAAB

secondary

#DFDFE3

accent

#559551

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F8

border

#D2D2D1

text

#131312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBAAB

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

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