#B5ABA7#B5ABA7

#B5ABA7 is a light, near-neutral orange. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.013 H 43.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5ABA7
RGB	rgb(181, 171, 167)
HSL	hsl(17, 9%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(17, 8%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 7.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.69, 2.87, 3.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.69, 4.40, 49.34°)
OKLab	oklab(74.84% 0.0094 0.0088)
OKLCH	oklch(74.84% 0.013 43.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.5932, 41.7401, 42.4699)
Luminance	0.4174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5ABA7 #A7B1B5

analogous

#B5A7AA #B5ABA7 #B5B2A7

triadic

#B5ABA7 #A7B5AB #ABA7B5

tetradic

#B5ABA7 #AAB5A7 #A7B1B5 #B2A7B5

square

#B5ABA7 #AAB5A7 #A7B1B5 #B2A7B5

split-complementary

#B5ABA7 #A7B5B2 #A7AAB5

monochromatic

#7B6D67 #998B86 #B5ABA7 #D1CBC8 #EDEAE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#B5ABA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#B5ABA7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5ABA7

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5ABA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5ABA7	1.00	2.25	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADACA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0AEA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8AAAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5aba7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 171, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.013 43.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbc4c1',
    500: '#b5aba7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5aba7;
$custom-light: #cbc4c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5aba7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.143,
    "s": 8.642,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74843,
    "c": 0.0129,
    "h": 43.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5ABA7

secondary

#DADDDE

accent

#809353

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F8F8F7

border

#D1D1D0

text

#131212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5ABA7

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

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