#BBBDAB#BBBDAB

#BBBDAB is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.025 H 112.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBDAB
RGB	rgb(187, 189, 171)
HSL	hsl(67, 12%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(67, 10%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 9.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.01, -3.91, 8.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.01, 9.69, 113.79°)
OKLab	oklab(79.18% -0.0094 0.0231)
OKLCH	oklch(79.18% 0.025 112.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.0408, 49.9004, 45.7264)
Luminance	0.4990 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBDAB #ADABBD

analogous

#BDB6AB #BBBDAB #B2BDAB

triadic

#BBBDAB #ABBBBD #BDABBB

tetradic

#BBBDAB #ABBDB6 #ADABBD #BDABB2

square

#BBBDAB #ABBDB6 #ADABBD #BDABB2

split-complementary

#BBBDAB #ABB2BD #B6ABBD

monochromatic

#828569 #9FA289 #BBBDAB #D7D8CD #F1F2EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#BBBDAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.98

#BBBDAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBDAB

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBDAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBDAB	1.00	1.91	10.98	10.98
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0BBAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0BCAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEBBB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbdab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 189, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.025 112.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd0c4',
    500: '#bbbdab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbdab;
$custom-light: #cfd0c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbdab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.667,
    "s": 12,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79176,
    "c": 0.02493,
    "h": 112.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBDAB

secondary

#E0DFE4

accent

#4F9657

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F8

border

#D2D2D1

text

#131412

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBDAB

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

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