#BBBDA9#BBBDA9

#BBBDA9 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.028 H 111.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBDA9
RGB	rgb(187, 189, 169)
HSL	hsl(66, 13%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(66, 11%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 10.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.96, -4.25, 9.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.96, 10.75, 113.26°)
OKLab	oklab(79.12% -0.0102 0.0257)
OKLCH	oklch(79.12% 0.028 111.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.8517, 49.8248, 44.7300)
Luminance	0.4983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBDA9 #ABA9BD

analogous

#BDB5A9 #BBBDA9 #B1BDA9

triadic

#BBBDA9 #A9BBBD #BDA9BB

tetradic

#BBBDA9 #A9BDB5 #ABA9BD #BDA9B1

square

#BBBDA9 #A9BDB5 #ABA9BD #BDA9B1

split-complementary

#BBBDA9 #A9B1BD #B5A9BD

monochromatic

#828566 #A0A286 #BBBDA9 #D6D8CC #F1F2EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#BBBDA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.97

#BBBDA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBDA9

10.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBDA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBDA9	1.00	1.92	10.97	10.97
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0BBA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0BCAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEBAB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbda9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 189, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.028 111.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd0c2',
    500: '#bbbda9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbda9;
$custom-light: #cfd0c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbda9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66,
    "s": 13.158,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79124,
    "c": 0.02765,
    "h": 111.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBDA9

secondary

#DFDEE4

accent

#4E9756

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F7

border

#D2D2D0

text

#131412

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBDA9

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

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