#BBBDA4#BBBDA4

#BBBDA4 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.034 H 110.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBDA4
RGB	rgb(187, 189, 164)
HSL	hsl(65, 16%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(65, 13%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 13.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.85, -5.07, 12.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.85, 13.42, 112.22°)
OKLab	oklab(79% -0.0123 0.0322)
OKLCH	oklch(79% 0.034 110.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.3912, 49.6406, 42.3051)
Luminance	0.4964 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBDA4 #A6A4BD

analogous

#BDB3A4 #BBBDA4 #AFBDA4

triadic

#BBBDA4 #A4BBBD #BDA4BB

tetradic

#BBBDA4 #A4BDB3 #A6A4BD #BDA4AF

square

#BBBDA4 #A4BDB3 #A6A4BD #BDA4AF

split-complementary

#BBBDA4 #A4AFBD #B3A4BD

monochromatic

#838661 #A0A381 #BBBDA4 #D6D7C7 #F0F0EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#BBBDA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.93

#BBBDA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBDA4

10.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBDA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBDA4	1.00	1.92	10.93	10.93
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1BAA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1BBA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFBAB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbda4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 189, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.034 110.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd0bf',
    500: '#bbbda4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbda4;
$custom-light: #cfd0bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbda4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.8,
    "s": 15.924,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78997,
    "c": 0.03441,
    "h": 110.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBDA4

secondary

#DBDBE2

accent

#4B9A52

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F7

border

#D2D2D0

text

#131412

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBDA4

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

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