#BBBDA8#BBBDA8

#BBBDA8 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.029 H 111.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBDA8
RGB	rgb(187, 189, 168)
HSL	hsl(66, 14%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(66, 11%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 11.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.94, -4.41, 10.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.94, 11.28, 113.02°)
OKLab	oklab(79.1% -0.0106 0.027)
OKLCH	oklch(79.1% 0.029 111.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.7581, 49.7874, 44.2375)
Luminance	0.4979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBDA8 #AAA8BD

analogous

#BDB4A8 #BBBDA8 #B1BDA8

triadic

#BBBDA8 #A8BBBD #BDA8BB

tetradic

#BBBDA8 #A8BDB4 #AAA8BD #BDA8B1

square

#BBBDA8 #A8BDB4 #AAA8BD #BDA8B1

split-complementary

#BBBDA8 #A8B1BD #B4A8BD

monochromatic

#828565 #A0A385 #BBBDA8 #D6D7CB #F1F2EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#BBBDA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.96

#BBBDA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBDA8

10.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBDA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBDA8	1.00	1.92	10.96	10.96
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1BBA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1BCA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEBAB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbda8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 189, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.029 111.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd0c1',
    500: '#bbbda8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbda8;
$custom-light: #cfd0c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbda8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.714,
    "s": 13.725,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79098,
    "c": 0.029,
    "h": 111.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBDA8

secondary

#DEDDE3

accent

#4E9855

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F7

border

#D2D2D0

text

#131412

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBDA8

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

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