#BBBBA6#BBBBA6

#BBBBA6 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.029 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBBA6
RGB	rgb(187, 187, 166)
HSL	hsl(60, 13%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(60, 11%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 11.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.36, -3.69, 10.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.36, 11.27, 109.11°)
OKLab	oklab(78.63% -0.0085 0.0277)
OKLCH	oklch(78.63% 0.029 107)
XYZ	xyz(45.1460, 48.8589, 43.1214)
Luminance	0.4886 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBBA6 #A6A6BB

analogous

#BBB1A6 #BBBBA6 #B1BBA6

triadic

#BBBBA6 #A6BBBB #BBA6BB

tetradic

#BBBBA6 #A6BBB1 #A6A6BB #BBA6B1

square

#BBBBA6 #A6BBB1 #A6A6BB #BBA6B1

split-complementary

#BBBBA6 #A6B1BB #B1A6BB

monochromatic

#838364 #A0A083 #BBBBA6 #D6D6C9 #F0F0EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BBBBA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.77

#BBBBA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBBA6

10.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBBA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBBA6	1.00	1.95	10.77	10.77
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFB9A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFBAA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEB8B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbba6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 187, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.029 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcfc0',
    500: '#bbbba6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbba6;
$custom-light: #cfcfc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbba6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 13.376,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78629,
    "c": 0.02894,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.48859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBBA6

secondary

#DBDBE1

accent

#4E984E

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F7

border

#D2D2D0

text

#131312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBBA6

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

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