#BBBCA8#BBBCA8

#BBBCA8 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.028 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBCA8
RGB	rgb(187, 188, 168)
HSL	hsl(63, 13%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(63, 11%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 10.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.67, -3.88, 10.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.67, 10.74, 111.21°)
OKLab	oklab(78.89% -0.0091 0.026)
OKLCH	oklch(78.89% 0.028 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.5438, 49.3586, 44.1661)
Luminance	0.4936 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBCA8 #A9A8BC

analogous

#BCB3A8 #BBBCA8 #B1BCA8

triadic

#BBBCA8 #A8BBBC #BCA8BB

tetradic

#BBBCA8 #A8BCB3 #A9A8BC #BCA8B1

square

#BBBCA8 #A8BCB3 #A9A8BC #BCA8B1

split-complementary

#BBBCA8 #A8B1BC #B3A8BC

monochromatic

#828466 #A0A185 #BBBCA8 #D6D7CB #F1F1ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#BBBCA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.87

#BBBCA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBCA8

10.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBCA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBCA8	1.00	1.93	10.87	10.87
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0BAA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0BBA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEB9B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbca8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 188, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.028 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd0c1',
    500: '#bbbca8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbca8;
$custom-light: #cfd0c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbca8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63,
    "s": 12.987,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78889,
    "c": 0.02759,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBCA8

secondary

#DDDDE3

accent

#4E9752

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F7

border

#D2D2D0

text

#131412

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBCA8

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

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