#B5ABA5#B5ABA5

#B5ABA5 is a light, near-neutral orange. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.014 H 53.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5ABA5
RGB	rgb(181, 171, 165)
HSL	hsl(23, 10%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(23, 9%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 8.8%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.64, 2.52, 4.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.64, 5.04, 60.03°)
OKLab	oklab(74.79% 0.0086 0.0115)
OKLCH	oklch(74.79% 0.014 53.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.4098, 41.6667, 41.5037)
Luminance	0.4167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5ABA5 #A5AFB5

analogous

#B5A5A7 #B5ABA5 #B5B3A5

triadic

#B5ABA5 #A5B5AB #ABA5B5

tetradic

#B5ABA5 #A7B5A5 #A5AFB5 #B3A5B5

square

#B5ABA5 #A7B5A5 #A5AFB5 #B3A5B5

split-complementary

#B5ABA5 #A5B5B3 #A5A7B5

monochromatic

#7B6D65 #998C83 #B5ABA5 #D1CAC7 #ECEAE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#B5ABA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#B5ABA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5ABA5

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5ABA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5ABA5	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)

#AEACA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0AEA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A9A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5aba5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 171, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.014 53.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbc4bf',
    500: '#b5aba5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5aba5;
$custom-light: #cbc4bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5aba5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.5,
    "s": 9.756,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74787,
    "c": 0.01438,
    "h": 53.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5ABA5

secondary

#D8DCDD

accent

#7B9452

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F8F8F7

border

#D1D1D0

text

#131212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5ABA5

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

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