#BBBEA6#BBBEA6

#BBBEA6 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.033 H 112.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBEA6
RGB	rgb(187, 190, 166)
HSL	hsl(68, 16%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(68, 13%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 12.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.16, -5.27, 11.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.16, 12.90, 114.11°)
OKLab	oklab(79.26% -0.0129 0.0305)
OKLCH	oklch(79.26% 0.033 112.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.7891, 50.1451, 43.3357)
Luminance	0.5014 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBEA6 #A9A6BE

analogous

#BEB5A6 #BBBEA6 #AFBEA6

triadic

#BBBEA6 #A6BBBE #BEA6BB

tetradic

#BBBEA6 #A6BEB5 #A9A6BE #BEA6AF

square

#BBBEA6 #A6BEB5 #A9A6BE #BEA6AF

split-complementary

#BBBEA6 #A6AFBE #B5A6BE

monochromatic

#828763 #A0A483 #BBBEA6 #D6D8C9 #F1F2ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#BBBEA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.03

#BBBEA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBEA6

11.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBEA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBEA6	1.00	1.90	11.03	11.03
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2BBA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2BCA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEBBB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbea6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 190, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.033 112.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd1c0',
    500: '#bbbea6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbea6;
$custom-light: #cfd1c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbea6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.5,
    "s": 15.584,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79257,
    "c": 0.03315,
    "h": 112.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBEA6

secondary

#7A7792

accent

#4C9A55

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#131412

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBEA6

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

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