#BBBDA6#BBBDA6

#BBBDA6 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.032 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBDA6
RGB	rgb(187, 189, 166)
HSL	hsl(65, 15%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(65, 12%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 12.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.89, -4.74, 11.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.89, 12.35, 112.59°)
OKLab	oklab(79.05% -0.0114 0.0296)
OKLCH	oklch(79.05% 0.032 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.5733, 49.7134, 43.2638)
Luminance	0.4971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBDA6 #A8A6BD

analogous

#BDB4A6 #BBBDA6 #B0BDA6

triadic

#BBBDA6 #A6BBBD #BDA6BB

tetradic

#BBBDA6 #A6BDB4 #A8A6BD #BDA6B0

square

#BBBDA6 #A6BDB4 #A8A6BD #BDA6B0

split-complementary

#BBBDA6 #A6B0BD #B4A6BD

monochromatic

#838663 #A0A383 #BBBDA6 #D6D7C9 #F1F1EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#BBBDA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.94

#BBBDA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBDA6

10.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBDA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBDA6	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)

#C1BBA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1BBA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEBAB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbda6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 189, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.032 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd0c0',
    500: '#bbbda6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbda6;
$custom-light: #cfd0c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbda6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.217,
    "s": 14.839,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79047,
    "c": 0.03172,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBDA6

secondary

#DDDCE3

accent

#4C9953

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F7

border

#D2D2D0

text

#131412

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBDA6

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

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