#BBBCA0#BBBCA0

#BBBCA0 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.038 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBCA0
RGB	rgb(187, 188, 160)
HSL	hsl(62, 17%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(62, 15%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 14.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.49, -5.19, 14.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.49, 15.01, 110.24°)
OKLab	oklab(78.69% -0.0125 0.0363)
OKLCH	oklch(78.69% 0.038 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.8213, 49.0696, 40.3611)
Luminance	0.4907 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBCA0 #A1A0BC

analogous

#BCAFA0 #BBBCA0 #ADBCA0

triadic

#BBBCA0 #A0BBBC #BCA0BB

tetradic

#BBBCA0 #A0BCAF #A1A0BC #BCA0AD

square

#BBBCA0 #A0BCAF #A1A0BC #BCA0AD

split-complementary

#BBBCA0 #A0ADBC #AFA0BC

monochromatic

#83845D #A1A37C #BBBCA0 #D5D5C4 #EEEFE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BBBCA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.81

#BBBCA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBCA0

10.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBCA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBCA0	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)

#C1B99E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1BBA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFB8B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbca0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 188, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.038 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd0bc',
    500: '#bbbca0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbca0;
$custom-light: #cfd0bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbca0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.143,
    "s": 17.284,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78689,
    "c": 0.03841,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBCA0

secondary

#D8D8E0

accent

#4A9C4D

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBCA0

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

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