#BBBFA5#BBBFA5

#BBBFA5 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.036 H 114.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBFA5
RGB	rgb(187, 191, 165)
HSL	hsl(69, 17%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(69, 14%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 13.6%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.40, -5.96, 12.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.40, 13.99, 115.21°)
OKLab	oklab(79.44% -0.0148 0.0328)
OKLCH	oklch(79.44% 0.036 114.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.9151, 50.5432, 42.9270)
Luminance	0.5054 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBFA5 #A9A5BF

analogous

#BFB6A5 #BBBFA5 #AEBFA5

triadic

#BBBFA5 #A5BBBF #BFA5BB

tetradic

#BBBFA5 #A5BFB6 #A9A5BF #BFA5AE

square

#BBBFA5 #A5BFB6 #A9A5BF #BFA5AE

split-complementary

#BBBFA5 #A5AEBF #B6A5BF

monochromatic

#828961 #A0A681 #BBBFA5 #D6D8C9 #F1F2ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#BBBFA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.11

#BBBFA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBFA5

11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBFA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBFA5	1.00	1.89	11.11	11.11
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3BCA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3BDA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEBCB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbfa5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 191, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.036 114.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd2bf',
    500: '#bbbfa5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbfa5;
$custom-light: #cfd2bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbfa5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.231,
    "s": 16.883,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79442,
    "c": 0.03595,
    "h": 114.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBFA5

secondary

#7A7693

accent

#4A9B57

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#131412

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBFA5

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

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