#BBBBAA#BBBBAA

#BBBBAA is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.023 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBBAA
RGB	rgb(187, 187, 170)
HSL	hsl(60, 11%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(60, 9%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 9.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.46, -3.02, 8.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.46, 9.13, 109.31°)
OKLab	oklab(78.73% -0.0068 0.0225)
OKLCH	oklch(78.73% 0.023 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.5186, 49.0080, 45.0839)
Luminance	0.4901 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBBAA #AAAABB

analogous

#BBB3AA #BBBBAA #B3BBAA

triadic

#BBBBAA #AABBBB #BBAABB

tetradic

#BBBBAA #AABBB3 #AAAABB #BBAAB3

square

#BBBBAA #AABBB3 #AAAABB #BBAAB3

split-complementary

#BBBBAA #AAB3BB #B3AABB

monochromatic

#828268 #A0A088 #BBBBAA #D6D6CC #F1F1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BBBBAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.80

#BBBBAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBBAA

10.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBBAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBBAA	1.00	1.94	10.80	10.80
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEB9A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFBAAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEB9B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbbaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 187, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.023 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcfc3',
    500: '#bbbbaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbbaa;
$custom-light: #cfcfc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbbaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 11.111,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78733,
    "c": 0.02349,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBBAA

secondary

#DEDEE3

accent

#509550

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F7

border

#D2D2D0

text

#131312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBBAA

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

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