#BBBBA5#BBBBA5

#BBBBA5 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.030 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBBA5
RGB	rgb(187, 187, 165)
HSL	hsl(60, 14%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(60, 12%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 11.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.34, -3.85, 11.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.34, 11.81, 109.05°)
OKLab	oklab(78.6% -0.0089 0.029)
OKLCH	oklch(78.6% 0.03 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.0546, 48.8224, 42.6402)
Luminance	0.4882 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBBA5 #A5A5BB

analogous

#BBB0A5 #BBBBA5 #B0BBA5

triadic

#BBBBA5 #A5BBBB #BBA5BB

tetradic

#BBBBA5 #A5BBB0 #A5A5BB #BBA5B0

square

#BBBBA5 #A5BBB0 #A5A5BB #BBA5B0

split-complementary

#BBBBA5 #A5B0BB #B0A5BB

monochromatic

#838363 #A1A182 #BBBBA5 #D5D5C8 #F0F0EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BBBBA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.76

#BBBBA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBBA5

10.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBBA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBBA5	1.00	1.95	10.76	10.76
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFB9A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0BAA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFB8B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbba5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 187, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.030 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcfbf',
    500: '#bbbba5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbba5;
$custom-light: #cfcfbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbba5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 13.924,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78604,
    "c": 0.0303,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBBA5

secondary

#DBDBE1

accent

#4D984D

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F7

border

#D2D2D0

text

#131312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBBA5

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

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