#BBBCA5#BBBCA5

#BBBCA5 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.032 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBCA5
RGB	rgb(187, 188, 165)
HSL	hsl(63, 15%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(63, 12%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 12.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.61, -4.38, 11.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.61, 12.34, 110.80°)
OKLab	oklab(78.81% -0.0104 0.0299)
OKLCH	oklch(78.81% 0.032 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.2675, 49.2481, 42.7111)
Luminance	0.4925 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBCA5 #A6A5BC

analogous

#BCB2A5 #BBBCA5 #B0BCA5

triadic

#BBBCA5 #A5BBBC #BCA5BB

tetradic

#BBBCA5 #A5BCB2 #A6A5BC #BCA5B0

square

#BBBCA5 #A5BCB2 #A6A5BC #BCA5B0

split-complementary

#BBBCA5 #A5B0BC #B2A5BC

monochromatic

#838462 #A0A282 #BBBCA5 #D6D6C8 #F0F0EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BBBCA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.85

#BBBCA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBCA5

10.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBCA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBCA5	1.00	1.94	10.85	10.85
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0BAA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0BBA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFB9B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbca5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 188, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.032 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd0bf',
    500: '#bbbca5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbca5;
$custom-light: #cfd0bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbca5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.609,
    "s": 14.65,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78813,
    "c": 0.03166,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBCA5

secondary

#DBDBE2

accent

#4D9950

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F7

border

#D2D2D0

text

#131412

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBCA5

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

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