#BBBCA9#BBBCA9

#BBBCA9 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.026 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBCA9
RGB	rgb(187, 188, 169)
HSL	hsl(63, 12%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(63, 10%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 10.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.70, -3.72, 9.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.70, 10.20, 111.37°)
OKLab	oklab(78.92% -0.0087 0.0247)
OKLCH	oklch(78.92% 0.026 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.6373, 49.3960, 44.6586)
Luminance	0.4940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBCA9 #AAA9BC

analogous

#BCB4A9 #BBBCA9 #B1BCA9

triadic

#BBBCA9 #A9BBBC #BCA9BB

tetradic

#BBBCA9 #A9BCB4 #AAA9BC #BCA9B1

square

#BBBCA9 #A9BCB4 #AAA9BC #BCA9B1

split-complementary

#BBBCA9 #A9B1BC #B4A9BC

monochromatic

#828467 #A0A187 #BBBCA9 #D6D7CB #F1F2EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#BBBCA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.88

#BBBCA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBCA9

10.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBCA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBCA9	1.00	1.93	10.88	10.88
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFBAA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0BBAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEB9B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbca9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 188, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.026 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd0c2',
    500: '#bbbca9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbca9;
$custom-light: #cfd0c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbca9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.158,
    "s": 12.418,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78915,
    "c": 0.02624,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49396
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBCA9

secondary

#DEDEE3

accent

#4F9753

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F7

border

#D2D2D0

text

#131412

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBCA9

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

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