#B5ABA4#B5ABA4

#B5ABA4 is a light, near-neutral orange. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.015 H 57.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5ABA4
RGB	rgb(181, 171, 164)
HSL	hsl(25, 10%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(25, 9%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 9.4%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.62, 2.35, 4.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.62, 5.42, 64.34°)
OKLab	oklab(74.76% 0.0082 0.0129)
OKLCH	oklch(74.76% 0.015 57.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.3191, 41.6304, 41.0262)
Luminance	0.4163 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5ABA4 #A4AEB5

analogous

#B5A4A5 #B5ABA4 #B5B3A4

triadic

#B5ABA4 #A4B5AB #ABA4B5

tetradic

#B5ABA4 #A5B5A4 #A4AEB5 #B3A4B5

square

#B5ABA4 #A5B5A4 #A4AEB5 #B3A4B5

split-complementary

#B5ABA4 #A4B5B3 #A4A5B5

monochromatic

#7B6D64 #9A8C82 #B5ABA4 #D0CAC6 #ECE9E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#B5ABA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#B5ABA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5ABA4

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5ABA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5ABA4	1.00	2.25	9.33	9.33
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEACA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0AEA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A9A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5aba4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 171, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.015 57.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbc4bf',
    500: '#b5aba4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5aba4;
$custom-light: #cbc4bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5aba4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.706,
    "s": 10.303,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74759,
    "c": 0.01525,
    "h": 57.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5ABA4

secondary

#D8DBDD

accent

#799451

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F8F8F6

border

#D1D1D0

text

#131212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5ABA4

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

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