#BBBFA3#BBBFA3

#BBBFA3 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.039 H 113.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBFA3
RGB	rgb(187, 191, 163)
HSL	hsl(69, 18%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(69, 15%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 14.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.36, -6.29, 13.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.36, 15.05, 114.68°)
OKLab	oklab(79.39% -0.0156 0.0353)
OKLCH	oklch(79.39% 0.039 113.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.7344, 50.4710, 41.9758)
Luminance	0.5047 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBFA3 #A7A3BF

analogous

#BFB5A3 #BBBFA3 #ADBFA3

triadic

#BBBFA3 #A3BBBF #BFA3BB

tetradic

#BBBFA3 #A3BFB5 #A7A3BF #BFA3AD

square

#BBBFA3 #A3BFB5 #A7A3BF #BFA3AD

split-complementary

#BBBFA3 #A3ADBF #B5A3BF

monochromatic

#83895F #A0A67F #BBBFA3 #D6D8C7 #F0F1EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#BBBFA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.09

#BBBFA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBFA3

11.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBFA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBFA3	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)

#C4BCA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3BDA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFBCB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbfa3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 191, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.039 113.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd2be',
    500: '#bbbfa3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbfa3;
$custom-light: #cfd2be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbfa3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.571,
    "s": 17.949,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79392,
    "c": 0.03863,
    "h": 113.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBFA3

secondary

#787493

accent

#499C55

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#131412

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBFA3

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

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