#BBBEA0#BBBEA0

#BBBEA0 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.041 H 112.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBEA0
RGB	rgb(187, 190, 160)
HSL	hsl(66, 19%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(66, 16%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 15.8%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.03, -6.24, 14.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.03, 16.09, 112.83°)
OKLab	oklab(79.11% -0.0154 0.0382)
OKLCH	oklch(79.11% 0.041 112)
XYZ	xyz(45.2515, 49.9301, 40.5045)
Luminance	0.4993 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBEA0 #A3A0BE

analogous

#BEB2A0 #BBBEA0 #ACBEA0

triadic

#BBBEA0 #A0BBBE #BEA0BB

tetradic

#BBBEA0 #A0BEB2 #A3A0BE #BEA0AC

square

#BBBEA0 #A0BEB2 #A3A0BE #BEA0AC

split-complementary

#BBBEA0 #A0ACBE #B2A0BE

monochromatic

#83875C #A1A57C #BBBEA0 #D5D7C4 #EFF0E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#BBBEA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.99

#BBBEA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBEA0

10.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBEA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBEA0	1.00	1.91	10.99	10.99
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3BB9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3BCA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFBAB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbea0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 190, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.041 112.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd1bc',
    500: '#bbbea0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbea0;
$custom-light: #cfd1bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbea0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66,
    "s": 18.75,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79109,
    "c": 0.04119,
    "h": 112
  },
  "luminance": 0.4993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBEA0

secondary

#D9D8E1

accent

#489D51

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141412

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBEA0

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

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