#B5AAA5#B5AAA5

#B5AAA5 is a light, near-neutral orange. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.015 H 46.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5AAA5
RGB	rgb(181, 170, 165)
HSL	hsl(19, 10%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(19, 9%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 8.8%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.38, 3.06, 3.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.38, 5.03, 52.49°)
OKLab	oklab(74.58% 0.0101 0.0105)
OKLCH	oklch(74.58% 0.015 46.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.2216, 41.2903, 41.4410)
Luminance	0.4129 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5AAA5 #A5B0B5

analogous

#B5A5A8 #B5AAA5 #B5B2A5

triadic

#B5AAA5 #A5B5AA #AAA5B5

tetradic

#B5AAA5 #A8B5A5 #A5B0B5 #B2A5B5

square

#B5AAA5 #A8B5A5 #A5B0B5 #B2A5B5

split-complementary

#B5AAA5 #A5B5B2 #A5A8B5

monochromatic

#7B6C65 #998A83 #B5AAA5 #D1CAC7 #ECE9E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#B5AAA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#B5AAA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5AAA5

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5AAA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5AAA5	1.00	2.27	9.26	9.26
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADABA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFADA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A8A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5aaa5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 170, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.015 46.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbc3bf',
    500: '#b5aaa5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5aaa5;
$custom-light: #cbc3bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5aaa5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.75,
    "s": 9.756,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74581,
    "c": 0.01461,
    "h": 46.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5AAA5

secondary

#D8DCDD

accent

#7F9452

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F7

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5AAA5

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

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