#BBBCAE#BBBCAE

#BBBCAE is a light, near-neutral yellow. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.019 H 110.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBCAE
RGB	rgb(187, 188, 174)
HSL	hsl(64, 9%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(64, 7%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 7.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.82, -2.86, 6.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.82, 7.53, 112.36°)
OKLab	oklab(79.05% -0.0067 0.0182)
OKLCH	oklch(79.05% 0.019 110.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.1157, 49.5874, 47.1781)
Luminance	0.4959 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBCAE #AFAEBC

analogous

#BCB6AE #BBBCAE #B4BCAE

triadic

#BBBCAE #AEBBBC #BCAEBB

tetradic

#BBBCAE #AEBCB6 #AFAEBC #BCAEB4

square

#BBBCAE #AEBCB6 #AFAEBC #BCAEB4

split-complementary

#BBBCAE #AEB4BC #B6AEBC

monochromatic

#82836C #9FA08D #BBBCAE #D7D8CF #F1F1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#BBBCAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.92

#BBBCAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBCAE

10.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBCAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBCAE	1.00	1.92	10.92	10.92
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFBBAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFBBAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDBAB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbcae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 188, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.019 110.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd0c6',
    500: '#bbbcae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbcae;
$custom-light: #cfd0c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbcae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.286,
    "s": 9.459,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79048,
    "c": 0.0194,
    "h": 110.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBCAE

secondary

#E1E1E5

accent

#529357

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F8

border

#D2D2D1

text

#131413

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBCAE

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

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