#BBBAAD#BBBAAD

#BBBAAD is a light, near-neutral yellow. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.018 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBAAD
RGB	rgb(187, 186, 173)
HSL	hsl(56, 9%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(56, 7%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 7.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.26, -1.97, 6.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.26, 7.00, 106.39°)
OKLab	oklab(78.61% -0.0041 0.0176)
OKLCH	oklch(78.61% 0.018 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.5943, 48.7000, 46.5251)
Luminance	0.4870 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBAAD #ADAEBB

analogous

#BBB3AD #BBBAAD #B5BBAD

triadic

#BBBAAD #ADBBBA #BAADBB

tetradic

#BBBAAD #ADBBB3 #ADAEBB #BBADB5

square

#BBBAAD #ADBBB3 #ADAEBB #BBADB5

split-complementary

#BBBAAD #ADB5BB #B3ADBB

monochromatic

#82806C #9F9E8C #BBBAAD #D7D6CE #F1F1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BBBAAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.74

#BBBAAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBAAD

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBAAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBAAD	1.00	1.96	10.74	10.74
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDB9AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDBAAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDB8B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbaad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 186, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.018 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcec5',
    500: '#bbbaad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbaad;
$custom-light: #cfcec5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbaad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.714,
    "s": 9.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78606,
    "c": 0.01805,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBAAD

secondary

#E0E0E4

accent

#579352

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F8

border

#D2D2D1

text

#131312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBAAD

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

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