#BBBAAE#BBBAAE

#BBBAAE is a light, near-neutral yellow. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.017 H 102.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBAAE
RGB	rgb(187, 186, 174)
HSL	hsl(55, 9%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(55, 7%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.29, -1.80, 6.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.29, 6.46, 106.19°)
OKLab	oklab(78.63% -0.0037 0.0163)
OKLCH	oklch(78.63% 0.017 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.6914, 48.7388, 47.0366)
Luminance	0.4874 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBAAE #AEAFBB

analogous

#BBB3AE #BBBAAE #B5BBAE

triadic

#BBBAAE #AEBBBA #BAAEBB

tetradic

#BBBAAE #AEBBB3 #AEAFBB #BBAEB5

square

#BBBAAE #AEBBB3 #AEAFBB #BBAEB5

split-complementary

#BBBAAE #AEB5BB #B3AEBB

monochromatic

#82806D #9F9E8D #BBBAAE #D7D6CF #F1F1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BBBAAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.75

#BBBAAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBAAE

10.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBAAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBAAE	1.00	1.95	10.75	10.75
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCB9AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDBAAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDB8B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbaae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 186, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.017 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcec6',
    500: '#bbbaae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbaae;
$custom-light: #cfcec6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbaae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.385,
    "s": 8.725,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78633,
    "c": 0.01668,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBAAE

secondary

#E1E1E4

accent

#589353

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F8

border

#D2D2D1

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBAAE

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

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