#BBBBA8#BBBBA8

#BBBBA8 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.026 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBBA8
RGB	rgb(187, 187, 168)
HSL	hsl(60, 12%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(60, 10%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 10.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.41, -3.36, 9.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.41, 10.20, 109.21°)
OKLab	oklab(78.68% -0.0077 0.0251)
OKLCH	oklch(78.68% 0.026 107)
XYZ	xyz(45.3309, 48.9329, 44.0951)
Luminance	0.4893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBBA8 #A8A8BB

analogous

#BBB2A8 #BBBBA8 #B2BBA8

triadic

#BBBBA8 #A8BBBB #BBA8BB

tetradic

#BBBBA8 #A8BBB2 #A8A8BB #BBA8B2

square

#BBBBA8 #A8BBB2 #A8A8BB #BBA8B2

split-complementary

#BBBBA8 #A8B2BB #B2A8BB

monochromatic

#838366 #A0A086 #BBBBA8 #D6D6CA #F1F1ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BBBBA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.79

#BBBBA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBBA8

10.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBBA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBBA8	1.00	1.95	10.79	10.79
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFB9A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFBAA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEB8B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbba8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 187, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.026 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcfc1',
    500: '#bbbba8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbba8;
$custom-light: #cfcfc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbba8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 12.258,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78681,
    "c": 0.02621,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.48933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBBA8

secondary

#DDDDE2

accent

#4F964F

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F7

border

#D2D2D0

text

#131312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBBA8

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

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