#B5ABA3#B5ABA3

#B5ABA3 is a light, near-neutral orange. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.016 H 61.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5ABA3
RGB	rgb(181, 171, 163)
HSL	hsl(27, 11%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(27, 10%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 9.9%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.59, 2.17, 5.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.59, 5.82, 68.06°)
OKLab	oklab(74.73% 0.0078 0.0142)
OKLCH	oklch(74.73% 0.016 61.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.2292, 41.5944, 40.5525)
Luminance	0.4159 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5ABA3 #A3ADB5

analogous

#B5A3A4 #B5ABA3 #B5B4A3

triadic

#B5ABA3 #A3B5AB #ABA3B5

tetradic

#B5ABA3 #A4B5A3 #A3ADB5 #B4A3B5

square

#B5ABA3 #A4B5A3 #A3ADB5 #B4A3B5

split-complementary

#B5ABA3 #A3B5B4 #A3A4B5

monochromatic

#7B6D63 #9A8C81 #B5ABA3 #D0CAC5 #ECE9E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#B5ABA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#B5ABA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5ABA3

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5ABA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5ABA3	1.00	2.25	9.32	9.32
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEABA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0AEA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A9A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5aba3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 171, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.016 61.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbc4be',
    500: '#b5aba3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5aba3;
$custom-light: #cbc4be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5aba3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.667,
    "s": 10.843,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74731,
    "c": 0.0162,
    "h": 61.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5ABA3

secondary

#D7DADD

accent

#779551

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F8F8F6

border

#D1D1D0

text

#131212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5ABA3

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

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