#BBBFA4#BBBFA4

#BBBFA4 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.037 H 114.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBFA4
RGB	rgb(187, 191, 164)
HSL	hsl(69, 17%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(69, 14%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 14.1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.38, -6.12, 13.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.38, 14.52, 114.94°)
OKLab	oklab(79.42% -0.0152 0.034)
OKLCH	oklch(79.42% 0.037 114.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.8244, 50.5069, 42.4495)
Luminance	0.5051 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBFA4 #A8A4BF

analogous

#BFB6A4 #BBBFA4 #AEBFA4

triadic

#BBBFA4 #A4BBBF #BFA4BB

tetradic

#BBBFA4 #A4BFB6 #A8A4BF #BFA4AE

square

#BBBFA4 #A4BFB6 #A8A4BF #BFA4AE

split-complementary

#BBBFA4 #A4AEBF #B6A4BF

monochromatic

#838960 #A0A680 #BBBFA4 #D6D8C8 #F1F2EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#BBBFA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.10

#BBBFA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBFA4

11.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBFA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBFA4	1.00	1.89	11.10	11.10
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3BCA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3BDA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEBCB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbfa4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 191, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.037 114.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd2bf',
    500: '#bbbfa4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbfa4;
$custom-light: #cfd2bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbfa4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.889,
    "s": 17.419,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79417,
    "c": 0.03729,
    "h": 114.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBFA4

secondary

#797593

accent

#4A9C56

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#131412

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBFA4

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

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