#BBBEAD#BBBEAD

#BBBEAD is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.024 H 115.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBEAD
RGB	rgb(187, 190, 173)
HSL	hsl(71, 12%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(71, 9%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 8.9%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.32, -4.09, 8.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.32, 9.19, 116.46°)
OKLab	oklab(79.44% -0.01 0.0215)
OKLCH	oklch(79.44% 0.024 115.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.4488, 50.4090, 46.8100)
Luminance	0.5041 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBEAD #B0ADBE

analogous

#BEB8AD #BBBEAD #B2BEAD

triadic

#BBBEAD #ADBBBE #BEADBB

tetradic

#BBBEAD #ADBEB8 #B0ADBE #BEADB2

square

#BBBEAD #ADBEB8 #B0ADBE #BEADB2

split-complementary

#BBBEAD #ADB2BE #B8ADBE

monochromatic

#81866A #9FA38B #BBBEAD #D7D9CF #F1F1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#BBBEAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.08

#BBBEAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBEAD

11.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBEAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBEAD	1.00	1.89	11.08	11.08
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1BCAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1BCAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDBCB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbead;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 190, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.024 115.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd1c5',
    500: '#bbbead',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbead;
$custom-light: #cfd1c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbead",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.588,
    "s": 11.565,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79437,
    "c": 0.02369,
    "h": 115.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBEAD

secondary

#817E91

accent

#50965C

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#131412

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBEAD

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

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