#BBBBAB#BBBBAB

#BBBBAB is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.022 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBBAB
RGB	rgb(187, 187, 171)
HSL	hsl(60, 11%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(60, 9%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 8.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.48, -2.85, 8.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.48, 8.59, 109.36°)
OKLab	oklab(78.76% -0.0064 0.0212)
OKLCH	oklch(78.76% 0.022 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.6136, 49.0459, 45.5840)
Luminance	0.4905 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBBAB #ABABBB

analogous

#BBB3AB #BBBBAB #B3BBAB

triadic

#BBBBAB #ABBBBB #BBABBB

tetradic

#BBBBAB #ABBBB3 #ABABBB #BBABB3

square

#BBBBAB #ABBBB3 #ABABBB #BBABB3

split-complementary

#BBBBAB #ABB3BB #B3ABBB

monochromatic

#828269 #A0A089 #BBBBAB #D6D6CD #F1F1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BBBBAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.81

#BBBBAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBBAB

10.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBBAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBBAB	1.00	1.94	10.81	10.81
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEB9AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEBAAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEB9B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbbab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 187, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.022 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcfc4',
    500: '#bbbbab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbbab;
$custom-light: #cfcfc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbbab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 10.526,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7876,
    "c": 0.02212,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBBAB

secondary

#DFDFE3

accent

#519551

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F8

border

#D2D2D1

text

#131312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBBAB

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

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