#BBBEA8#BBBEA8

#BBBEA8 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.030 H 113.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBEA8
RGB	rgb(187, 190, 168)
HSL	hsl(68, 14%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(68, 12%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 11.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.20, -4.94, 10.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.20, 11.84, 114.65°)
OKLab	oklab(79.31% -0.0121 0.028)
OKLCH	oklch(79.31% 0.03 113.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.9740, 50.2190, 44.3095)
Luminance	0.5022 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBEA8 #ABA8BE

analogous

#BEB6A8 #BBBEA8 #B0BEA8

triadic

#BBBEA8 #A8BBBE #BEA8BB

tetradic

#BBBEA8 #A8BEB6 #ABA8BE #BEA8B0

square

#BBBEA8 #A8BEB6 #ABA8BE #BEA8B0

split-complementary

#BBBEA8 #A8B0BE #B6A8BE

monochromatic

#828765 #A0A485 #BBBEA8 #D6D8CB #F1F2ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#BBBEA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.04

#BBBEA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBEA8

11.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBEA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBEA8	1.00	1.90	11.04	11.04
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2BCA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2BCA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEBBB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbea8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 190, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.030 113.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd1c1',
    500: '#bbbea8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbea8;
$custom-light: #cfd1c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbea8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.182,
    "s": 14.474,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79307,
    "c": 0.03045,
    "h": 113.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBEA8

secondary

#7C7991

accent

#4D9957

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#131412

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBEA8

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

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