#BBBEAA#BBBEAA

#BBBEAA is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.028 H 114.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBEAA
RGB	rgb(187, 190, 170)
HSL	hsl(69, 13%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(69, 11%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 10.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.25, -4.60, 9.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.25, 10.78, 115.28°)
OKLab	oklab(79.36% -0.0113 0.0254)
OKLCH	oklch(79.36% 0.028 114)
XYZ	xyz(46.1617, 50.2941, 45.2983)
Luminance	0.5029 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBEAA #ADAABE

analogous

#BEB7AA #BBBEAA #B1BEAA

triadic

#BBBEAA #AABBBE #BEAABB

tetradic

#BBBEAA #AABEB7 #ADAABE #BEAAB1

square

#BBBEAA #AABEB7 #ADAABE #BEAAB1

split-complementary

#BBBEAA #AAB1BE #B7AABE

monochromatic

#828767 #9FA387 #BBBEAA #D7D9CD #F1F2EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#BBBEAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.06

#BBBEAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBEAA

11.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBEAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBEAA	1.00	1.90	11.06	11.06
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1BCA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1BCAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEBBB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbeaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 190, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.028 114.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd1c3',
    500: '#bbbeaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbeaa;
$custom-light: #cfd1c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbeaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69,
    "s": 13.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79359,
    "c": 0.02775,
    "h": 114
  },
  "luminance": 0.50294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBEAA

secondary

#7E7B91

accent

#4E9759

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#131412

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBEAA

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

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