#BBBCAA#BBBCAA

#BBBCAA is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.025 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBCAA
RGB	rgb(187, 188, 170)
HSL	hsl(63, 12%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(63, 10%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 9.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.72, -3.55, 8.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.72, 9.67, 111.53°)
OKLab	oklab(78.94% -0.0083 0.0234)
OKLCH	oklch(78.94% 0.025 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.7315, 49.4337, 45.1549)
Luminance	0.4943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBCAA #ABAABC

analogous

#BCB4AA #BBBCAA #B2BCAA

triadic

#BBBCAA #AABBBC #BCAABB

tetradic

#BBBCAA #AABCB4 #ABAABC #BCAAB2

square

#BBBCAA #AABCB4 #ABAABC #BCAAB2

split-complementary

#BBBCAA #AAB2BC #B4AABC

monochromatic

#828468 #A0A188 #BBBCAA #D6D7CC #F1F2EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#BBBCAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.89

#BBBCAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBCAA

10.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBCAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBCAA	1.00	1.93	10.89	10.89
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFBAA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFBBAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEBAB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbcaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 188, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.025 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd0c3',
    500: '#bbbcaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbcaa;
$custom-light: #cfd0c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbcaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.333,
    "s": 11.842,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78941,
    "c": 0.02486,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBCAA

secondary

#DFDEE3

accent

#509653

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F7

border

#D2D2D0

text

#131412

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBCAA

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

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