#BBBBAD#BBBBAD

#BBBBAD is a light, near-neutral yellow. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.019 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBBAD
RGB	rgb(187, 187, 173)
HSL	hsl(60, 9%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(60, 7%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 7.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.53, -2.51, 7.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.53, 7.52, 109.46°)
OKLab	oklab(78.81% -0.0056 0.0186)
OKLCH	oklch(78.81% 0.019 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.8057, 49.1228, 46.5956)
Luminance	0.4912 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBBAD #ADADBB

analogous

#BBB4AD #BBBBAD #B4BBAD

triadic

#BBBBAD #ADBBBB #BBADBB

tetradic

#BBBBAD #ADBBB4 #ADADBB #BBADB4

square

#BBBBAD #ADBBB4 #ADADBB #BBADB4

split-complementary

#BBBBAD #ADB4BB #B4ADBB

monochromatic

#82826C #9F9F8C #BBBBAD #D7D7CE #F1F1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BBBBAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.82

#BBBBAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBBAD

10.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBBAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBBAD	1.00	1.94	10.82	10.82
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEBAAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEBAAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDB9B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbbad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 187, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.019 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcfc5',
    500: '#bbbbad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbbad;
$custom-light: #cfcfc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbbad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 9.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78813,
    "c": 0.01938,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBBAD

secondary

#E0E0E4

accent

#529352

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F8

border

#D2D2D1

text

#131312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBBAD

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

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