#BBBEAB#BBBEAB

#BBBEAB is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.026 H 114.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBEAB
RGB	rgb(187, 190, 171)
HSL	hsl(69, 13%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(69, 10%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 10%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.27, -4.43, 9.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.27, 10.25, 115.64°)
OKLab	oklab(79.38% -0.0109 0.0241)
OKLCH	oklch(79.38% 0.026 114.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.2567, 50.3321, 45.7984)
Luminance	0.5033 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBEAB #AEABBE

analogous

#BEB7AB #BBBEAB #B1BEAB

triadic

#BBBEAB #ABBBBE #BEABBB

tetradic

#BBBEAB #ABBEB7 #AEABBE #BEABB1

square

#BBBEAB #ABBEB7 #AEABBE #BEABB1

split-complementary

#BBBEAB #ABB1BE #B7ABBE

monochromatic

#828768 #9FA388 #BBBEAB #D7D9CE #F1F2EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#BBBEAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.07

#BBBEAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBEAB

11.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBEAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBEAB	1.00	1.90	11.07	11.07
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1BCAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1BCAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDBCB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbeab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 190, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.026 114.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd1c4',
    500: '#bbbeab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbeab;
$custom-light: #cfd1c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbeab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.474,
    "s": 12.752,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79385,
    "c": 0.0264,
    "h": 114.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBEAB

secondary

#7F7C91

accent

#4F975A

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#131412

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBEAB

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

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