#BBBEA3#BBBEA3

#BBBEA3 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.037 H 112.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBEA3
RGB	rgb(187, 190, 163)
HSL	hsl(67, 17%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(67, 14%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 14.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.09, -5.76, 13.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.09, 14.50, 113.42°)
OKLab	oklab(79.18% -0.0142 0.0344)
OKLCH	oklch(79.18% 0.037 112.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.5171, 50.0363, 41.9033)
Luminance	0.5004 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBEA3 #A6A3BE

analogous

#BEB4A3 #BBBEA3 #AEBEA3

triadic

#BBBEA3 #A3BBBE #BEA3BB

tetradic

#BBBEA3 #A3BEB4 #A6A3BE #BEA3AE

square

#BBBEA3 #A3BEB4 #A6A3BE #BEA3AE

split-complementary

#BBBEA3 #A3AEBE #B4A3BE

monochromatic

#83875F #A0A57F #BBBEA3 #D6D7C7 #F0F1EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#BBBEA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.01

#BBBEA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBEA3

11.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBEA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBEA3	1.00	1.91	11.01	11.01
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3BBA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2BCA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFBBB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbea3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 190, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.037 112.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd1be',
    500: '#bbbea3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbea3;
$custom-light: #cfd1be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbea3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.667,
    "s": 17.197,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79182,
    "c": 0.03718,
    "h": 112.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBEA3

secondary

#777492

accent

#4A9B53

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#131412

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBEA3

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

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