#BBBDAD#BBBDAD

#BBBDAD is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.022 H 112.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBDAD
RGB	rgb(187, 189, 173)
HSL	hsl(68, 11%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(68, 8%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 8.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.06, -3.57, 7.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.06, 8.62, 114.44°)
OKLab	oklab(79.23% -0.0086 0.0205)
OKLCH	oklch(79.23% 0.022 112.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.2329, 49.9773, 46.7380)
Luminance	0.4998 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBDAD #AFADBD

analogous

#BDB7AD #BBBDAD #B3BDAD

triadic

#BBBDAD #ADBBBD #BDADBB

tetradic

#BBBDAD #ADBDB7 #AFADBD #BDADB3

square

#BBBDAD #ADBDB7 #AFADBD #BDADB3

split-complementary

#BBBDAD #ADB3BD #B7ADBD

monochromatic

#82856B #9FA28B #BBBDAD #D7D8CF #F1F1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#BBBDAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.00

#BBBDAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBDAD

11.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBDAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBDAD	1.00	1.91	11.00	11.00
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0BBAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0BCAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDBBB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbdad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 189, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.022 112.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd0c5',
    500: '#bbbdad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbdad;
$custom-light: #cfd0c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbdad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.5,
    "s": 10.811,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79229,
    "c": 0.02221,
    "h": 112.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBDAD

secondary

#E1E1E5

accent

#519559

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F8

border

#D2D2D1

text

#131412

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBDAD

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

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