#BBBDA5#BBBDA5

#BBBDA5 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.033 H 111.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBDA5
RGB	rgb(187, 189, 165)
HSL	hsl(65, 15%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(65, 13%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 12.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.87, -4.91, 11.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.87, 12.88, 112.40°)
OKLab	oklab(79.02% -0.0119 0.0309)
OKLCH	oklch(79.02% 0.033 111)
XYZ	xyz(45.4819, 49.6768, 42.7826)
Luminance	0.4968 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBDA5 #A7A5BD

analogous

#BDB3A5 #BBBDA5 #AFBDA5

triadic

#BBBDA5 #A5BBBD #BDA5BB

tetradic

#BBBDA5 #A5BDB3 #A7A5BD #BDA5AF

square

#BBBDA5 #A5BDB3 #A7A5BD #BDA5AF

split-complementary

#BBBDA5 #A5AFBD #B3A5BD

monochromatic

#838662 #A0A382 #BBBDA5 #D6D7C8 #F0F1EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#BBBDA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.94

#BBBDA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBDA5

10.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBDA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBDA5	1.00	1.92	10.94	10.94
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1BBA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1BBA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEBAB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbda5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 189, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.033 111.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd0bf',
    500: '#bbbda5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbda5;
$custom-light: #cfd0bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbda5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65,
    "s": 15.385,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79022,
    "c": 0.03306,
    "h": 111
  },
  "luminance": 0.49677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBDA5

secondary

#DCDBE2

accent

#4C9A52

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F7

border

#D2D2D0

text

#131412

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBDA5

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

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