#BBBEAE#BBBEAE

#BBBEAE is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.022 H 115.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBEAE
RGB	rgb(187, 190, 174)
HSL	hsl(71, 11%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(71, 8%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 8.4%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.34, -3.92, 7.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.34, 8.66, 116.93°)
OKLab	oklab(79.46% -0.0096 0.0202)
OKLCH	oklch(79.46% 0.022 115.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.5459, 50.4478, 47.3215)
Luminance	0.5045 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBEAE #B1AEBE

analogous

#BEB9AE #BBBEAE #B3BEAE

triadic

#BBBEAE #AEBBBE #BEAEBB

tetradic

#BBBEAE #AEBEB9 #B1AEBE #BEAEB3

square

#BBBEAE #AEBEB9 #B1AEBE #BEAEB3

split-complementary

#BBBEAE #AEB3BE #B9AEBE

monochromatic

#81866C #9EA38C #BBBEAE #D8D9D0 #F1F1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#BBBEAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.09

#BBBEAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBEAE

11.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBEAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBEAE	1.00	1.89	11.09	11.09
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1BCAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0BCAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDBCB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbeae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 190, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.022 115.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd1c6',
    500: '#bbbeae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbeae;
$custom-light: #cfd1c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbeae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.25,
    "s": 10.959,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79464,
    "c": 0.02234,
    "h": 115.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBEAE

secondary

#827F91

accent

#50955D

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#131413

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBEAE

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

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