#BBBCA4#BBBCA4

#BBBCA4 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.033 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBCA4
RGB	rgb(187, 188, 164)
HSL	hsl(63, 15%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(63, 13%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 12.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.58, -4.55, 12.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.58, 12.87, 110.68°)
OKLab	oklab(78.79% -0.0108 0.0312)
OKLCH	oklch(78.79% 0.033 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.1769, 49.2119, 42.2336)
Luminance	0.4921 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBCA4 #A5A4BC

analogous

#BCB1A4 #BBBCA4 #AFBCA4

triadic

#BBBCA4 #A4BBBC #BCA4BB

tetradic

#BBBCA4 #A4BCB1 #A5A4BC #BCA4AF

square

#BBBCA4 #A4BCB1 #A5A4BC #BCA4AF

split-complementary

#BBBCA4 #A4AFBC #B1A4BC

monochromatic

#838461 #A1A281 #BBBCA4 #D5D6C7 #F0F0EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BBBCA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.84

#BBBCA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBCA4

10.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBCA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBCA4	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)

#C0BAA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1BBA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFB9B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbca4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 188, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.033 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd0bf',
    500: '#bbbca4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbca4;
$custom-light: #cfd0bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbca4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.5,
    "s": 15.19,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78788,
    "c": 0.03301,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBCA4

secondary

#DBDAE1

accent

#4C994F

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F7

border

#D2D2D0

text

#131412

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBCA4

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

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