#B5AAA6#B5AAA6

#B5AAA6 is a light, near-neutral orange. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.014 H 41.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5AAA6
RGB	rgb(181, 170, 166)
HSL	hsl(16, 9%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(16, 8%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 8.3%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.40, 3.24, 3.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.40, 4.75, 47.03°)
OKLab	oklab(74.61% 0.0105 0.0092)
OKLCH	oklch(74.61% 0.014 41.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.3130, 41.3269, 41.9222)
Luminance	0.4133 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5AAA6 #A6B1B5

analogous

#B5A6A9 #B5AAA6 #B5B1A6

triadic

#B5AAA6 #A6B5AA #AAA6B5

tetradic

#B5AAA6 #A9B5A6 #A6B1B5 #B1A6B5

square

#B5AAA6 #A9B5A6 #A6B1B5 #B1A6B5

split-complementary

#B5AAA6 #A6B5B1 #A6A9B5

monochromatic

#7B6B66 #998A85 #B5AAA6 #D1CAC7 #EDEAE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#B5AAA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#B5AAA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5AAA6

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5AAA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5AAA6	1.00	2.27	9.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADABA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFADA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A9A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5aaa6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 170, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.014 41.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbc3c0',
    500: '#b5aaa6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5aaa6;
$custom-light: #cbc3c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5aaa6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16,
    "s": 9.202,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7461,
    "c": 0.01398,
    "h": 41.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5AAA6

secondary

#D9DCDE

accent

#829352

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F7

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5AAA6

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

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