#BBBCAD#BBBCAD

#BBBCAD is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.021 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBCAD
RGB	rgb(187, 188, 173)
HSL	hsl(64, 10%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(64, 8%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.79, -3.04, 7.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.79, 8.06, 112.12°)
OKLab	oklab(79.02% -0.0071 0.0195)
OKLCH	oklch(79.02% 0.021 110)
XYZ	xyz(46.0186, 49.5485, 46.6666)
Luminance	0.4955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBCAD #AEADBC

analogous

#BCB5AD #BBBCAD #B3BCAD

triadic

#BBBCAD #ADBBBC #BCADBB

tetradic

#BBBCAD #ADBCB5 #AEADBC #BCADB3

square

#BBBCAD #ADBCB5 #AEADBC #BCADB3

split-complementary

#BBBCAD #ADB3BC #B5ADBC

monochromatic

#82836B #9FA08B #BBBCAD #D7D8CF #F1F1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#BBBCAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.91

#BBBCAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBCAD

10.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBCAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBCAD	1.00	1.92	10.91	10.91
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFBAAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFBBAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDBAB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbcad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 188, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.021 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd0c5',
    500: '#bbbcad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbcad;
$custom-light: #cfd0c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbcad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64,
    "s": 10.067,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79021,
    "c": 0.02077,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.49548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBCAD

secondary

#E1E0E4

accent

#519456

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F8

border

#D2D2D1

text

#131412

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBCAD

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

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