#BBBEA4#BBBEA4

#BBBEA4 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.036 H 112.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBEA4
RGB	rgb(187, 190, 164)
HSL	hsl(67, 17%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(67, 14%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 13.7%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.11, -5.60, 12.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.11, 13.97, 113.64°)
OKLab	oklab(79.21% -0.0137 0.0331)
OKLCH	oklch(79.21% 0.036 112.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.6071, 50.0723, 42.3770)
Luminance	0.5007 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBEA4 #A7A4BE

analogous

#BEB4A4 #BBBEA4 #AEBEA4

triadic

#BBBEA4 #A4BBBE #BEA4BB

tetradic

#BBBEA4 #A4BEB4 #A7A4BE #BEA4AE

square

#BBBEA4 #A4BEB4 #A7A4BE #BEA4AE

split-complementary

#BBBEA4 #A4AEBE #B4A4BE

monochromatic

#838761 #A0A580 #BBBEA4 #D6D8C8 #F0F1EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#BBBEA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.01

#BBBEA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBEA4

11.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBEA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBEA4	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)

#C2BBA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2BCA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFBBB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbea4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 190, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.036 112.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd1bf',
    500: '#bbbea4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbea4;
$custom-light: #cfd1bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbea4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.923,
    "s": 16.667,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79207,
    "c": 0.03584,
    "h": 112.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBEA4

secondary

#787592

accent

#4B9B54

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#131412

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBEA4

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

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