#BBBBA9#BBBBA9

#BBBBA9 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.025 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBBA9
RGB	rgb(187, 187, 169)
HSL	hsl(60, 12%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(60, 10%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 9.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.43, -3.19, 9.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.43, 9.66, 109.26°)
OKLab	oklab(78.71% -0.0072 0.0238)
OKLCH	oklch(78.71% 0.025 107)
XYZ	xyz(45.4244, 48.9703, 44.5876)
Luminance	0.4897 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBBA9 #A9A9BB

analogous

#BBB2A9 #BBBBA9 #B2BBA9

triadic

#BBBBA9 #A9BBBB #BBA9BB

tetradic

#BBBBA9 #A9BBB2 #A9A9BB #BBA9B2

square

#BBBBA9 #A9BBB2 #A9A9BB #BBA9B2

split-complementary

#BBBBA9 #A9B2BB #B2A9BB

monochromatic

#828267 #A0A087 #BBBBA9 #D6D6CB #F1F1ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BBBBA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.79

#BBBBA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBBA9

10.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBBA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBBA9	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)

#BEB9A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFBAAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEB8B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbba9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 187, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.025 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcfc2',
    500: '#bbbba9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbba9;
$custom-light: #cfcfc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbba9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 11.688,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78707,
    "c": 0.02485,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.4897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBBA9

secondary

#DDDDE2

accent

#509650

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F7

border

#D2D2D0

text

#131312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBBA9

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

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