#BBBEA9#BBBEA9

#BBBEA9 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.029 H 113.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBEA9
RGB	rgb(187, 190, 169)
HSL	hsl(69, 14%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(69, 11%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 11.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.23, -4.77, 10.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.23, 11.31, 114.96°)
OKLab	oklab(79.33% -0.0117 0.0267)
OKLCH	oklch(79.33% 0.029 113.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.0675, 50.2564, 44.8020)
Luminance	0.5026 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBEA9 #ACA9BE

analogous

#BEB6A9 #BBBEA9 #B0BEA9

triadic

#BBBEA9 #A9BBBE #BEA9BB

tetradic

#BBBEA9 #A9BEB6 #ACA9BE #BEA9B0

square

#BBBEA9 #A9BEB6 #ACA9BE #BEA9B0

split-complementary

#BBBEA9 #A9B0BE #B6A9BE

monochromatic

#828766 #9FA486 #BBBEA9 #D7D8CC #F1F2EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#BBBEA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.05

#BBBEA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBEA9

11.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBEA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBEA9	1.00	1.90	11.05	11.05
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2BCA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1BCAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEBBB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbea9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 190, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.029 113.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd1c2',
    500: '#bbbea9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbea9;
$custom-light: #cfd1c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbea9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.571,
    "s": 13.907,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79333,
    "c": 0.02911,
    "h": 113.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBEA9

secondary

#7D7A91

accent

#4D9858

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#131412

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBEA9

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

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