#BAB2A6#BAB2A6

#BAB2A6 is a light, near-neutral orange. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.019 H 78.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB2A6
RGB	rgb(186, 178, 166)
HSL	hsl(36, 13%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(36, 11%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 10.8%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.91, 0.74, 7.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.91, 7.18, 84.06°)
OKLab	oklab(76.68% 0.0039 0.0187)
OKLCH	oklch(76.68% 0.019 78.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.0524, 45.0336, 42.4933)
Luminance	0.4503 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB2A6 #A6AEBA

analogous

#BAA8A6 #BAB2A6 #B8BAA6

triadic

#BAB2A6 #A6BAB2 #B2A6BA

tetradic

#BAB2A6 #A6BAA8 #A6AEBA #BAA6B8

square

#BAB2A6 #A6BAA8 #A6AEBA #BAA6B8

split-complementary

#BAB2A6 #A6B8BA #A8A6BA

monochromatic

#817664 #9F9484 #BAB2A6 #D5D0C8 #EFEEEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#BAB2A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.01

#BAB2A6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB2A6

10.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB2A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB2A6	1.00	2.10	10.01	10.01
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B2A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8B4A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEB0AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab2a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 178, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.019 78.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec9c0',
    500: '#bab2a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab2a6;
$custom-light: #cec9c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab2a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36,
    "s": 12.658,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76681,
    "c": 0.01911,
    "h": 78.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB2A6

secondary

#DBDDE1

accent

#6C974F

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F7

border

#D2D1D0

text

#131312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB2A6

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

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