#BBBEA1#BBBEA1

#BBBEA1 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.040 H 112.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBEA1
RGB	rgb(187, 190, 161)
HSL	hsl(66, 18%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(66, 15%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 15.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.05, -6.08, 14.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.05, 15.56, 113.02°)
OKLab	oklab(79.13% -0.015 0.0369)
OKLCH	oklch(79.13% 0.04 112.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.3393, 49.9652, 40.9670)
Luminance	0.4996 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBEA1 #A4A1BE

analogous

#BEB3A1 #BBBEA1 #ADBEA1

triadic

#BBBEA1 #A1BBBE #BEA1BB

tetradic

#BBBEA1 #A1BEB3 #A4A1BE #BEA1AD

square

#BBBEA1 #A1BEB3 #A4A1BE #BEA1AD

split-complementary

#BBBEA1 #A1ADBE #B3A1BE

monochromatic

#83875D #A1A57D #BBBEA1 #D5D7C5 #EFF0E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#BBBEA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.99

#BBBEA1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBEA1

10.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBEA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBEA1	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)

#C3BB9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3BCA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFBAB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbea1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 190, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.040 112.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd1bc',
    500: '#bbbea1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbea1;
$custom-light: #cfd1bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbea1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.207,
    "s": 18.239,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79133,
    "c": 0.03986,
    "h": 112.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBEA1

secondary

#DAD9E2

accent

#499D52

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#131412

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBEA1

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

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