#BBBBAE#BBBBAE

#BBBBAE is a light, near-neutral yellow. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.018 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBBAE
RGB	rgb(187, 187, 174)
HSL	hsl(60, 9%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(60, 7%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.55, -2.33, 6.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.55, 6.98, 109.51°)
OKLab	oklab(78.84% -0.0052 0.0172)
OKLCH	oklch(78.84% 0.018 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.9028, 49.1616, 47.1071)
Luminance	0.4916 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBBAE #AEAEBB

analogous

#BBB4AE #BBBBAE #B4BBAE

triadic

#BBBBAE #AEBBBB #BBAEBB

tetradic

#BBBBAE #AEBBB4 #AEAEBB #BBAEB4

square

#BBBBAE #AEBBB4 #AEAEBB #BBAEB4

split-complementary

#BBBBAE #AEB4BB #B4AEBB

monochromatic

#82826D #9F9F8D #BBBBAE #D7D7CF #F1F1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BBBBAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.83

#BBBBAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBBAE

10.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBBAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBBAE	1.00	1.94	10.83	10.83
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEBAAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEBAAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDB9B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbbae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 187, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.018 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcfc6',
    500: '#bbbbae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbbae;
$custom-light: #cfcfc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbbae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 8.725,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7884,
    "c": 0.018,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBBAE

secondary

#E1E1E4

accent

#539353

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F8

border

#D2D2D1

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBBAE

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

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