#BBBBAF#BBBBAF

#BBBBAF is a light, near-neutral yellow. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.017 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBBAF
RGB	rgb(187, 187, 175)
HSL	hsl(60, 8%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(60, 6%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 6.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.58, -2.16, 6.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.58, 6.45, 109.57°)
OKLab	oklab(78.87% -0.0048 0.0159)
OKLCH	oklch(78.87% 0.017 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.0006, 49.2008, 47.6224)
Luminance	0.4920 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBBAF #AFAFBB

analogous

#BBB5AF #BBBBAF #B5BBAF

triadic

#BBBBAF #AFBBBB #BBAFBB

tetradic

#BBBBAF #AFBBB5 #AFAFBB #BBAFB5

square

#BBBBAF #AFBBB5 #AFAFBB #BBAFB5

split-complementary

#BBBBAF #AFB5BB #B5AFBB

monochromatic

#82826E #9F9F8E #BBBBAF #D7D7D0 #F1F1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BBBBAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.84

#BBBBAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBBAF

10.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBBAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBBAF	1.00	1.94	10.84	10.84
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDBAAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEBAAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDB9B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbbaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 187, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.017 106.8);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbbaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 8.108,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78867,
    "c": 0.01663,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBBAF

secondary

#E1E1E4

accent

#539253

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F8

border

#D2D2D1

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBBAF

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

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