#BBBCAB#BBBCAB

#BBBCAB is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.024 H 109.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBCAB
RGB	rgb(187, 188, 171)
HSL	hsl(64, 11%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(64, 9%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.74, -3.38, 8.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.74, 9.13, 111.71°)
OKLab	oklab(78.97% -0.0079 0.0221)
OKLCH	oklch(78.97% 0.024 109.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.8265, 49.4717, 45.6550)
Luminance	0.4947 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBCAB #ACABBC

analogous

#BCB4AB #BBBCAB #B2BCAB

triadic

#BBBCAB #ABBBBC #BCABBB

tetradic

#BBBCAB #ABBCB4 #ACABBC #BCABB2

square

#BBBCAB #ABBCB4 #ACABBC #BCABB2

split-complementary

#BBBCAB #ABB2BC #B4ABBC

monochromatic

#828469 #9FA189 #BBBCAB #D7D7CD #F1F1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#BBBCAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.89

#BBBCAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBCAB

10.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBCAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBCAB	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)

#BFBAAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFBBAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEBAB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbcab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 188, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.024 109.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd0c4',
    500: '#bbbcab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbcab;
$custom-light: #cfd0c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbcab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.529,
    "s": 11.258,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78968,
    "c": 0.0235,
    "h": 109.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBCAB

secondary

#DFDFE4

accent

#509554

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F8

border

#D2D2D1

text

#131412

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBCAB

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

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