#BBBEA5#BBBEA5

#BBBEA5 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.034 H 112.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBEA5
RGB	rgb(187, 190, 165)
HSL	hsl(67, 16%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(67, 13%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 13.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.14, -5.44, 12.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.14, 13.43, 113.87°)
OKLab	oklab(79.23% -0.0133 0.0318)
OKLCH	oklch(79.23% 0.034 112.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.6977, 50.1085, 42.8545)
Luminance	0.5011 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBEA5 #A8A5BE

analogous

#BEB5A5 #BBBEA5 #AFBEA5

triadic

#BBBEA5 #A5BBBE #BEA5BB

tetradic

#BBBEA5 #A5BEB5 #A8A5BE #BEA5AF

square

#BBBEA5 #A5BEB5 #A8A5BE #BEA5AF

split-complementary

#BBBEA5 #A5AFBE #B5A5BE

monochromatic

#838762 #A0A481 #BBBEA5 #D6D8C9 #F1F1EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#BBBEA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.02

#BBBEA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBEA5

11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBEA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBEA5	1.00	1.91	11.02	11.02
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2BBA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2BCA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEBBB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbea5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 190, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.034 112.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd1bf',
    500: '#bbbea5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbea5;
$custom-light: #cfd1bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbea5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.2,
    "s": 16.129,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79232,
    "c": 0.03449,
    "h": 112.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBEA5

secondary

#797692

accent

#4B9A55

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#131412

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBEA5

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

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