#BAB6AE#BAB6AE

#BAB6AE is a light, near-neutral orange. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.012 H 84.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB6AE
RGB	rgb(186, 182, 174)
HSL	hsl(40, 8%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(40, 6%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 6.5%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.16, -0.03, 4.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.16, 4.57, 90.33°)
OKLab	oklab(77.72% 0.0011 0.012)
OKLCH	oklch(77.72% 0.012 84.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.6166, 46.9513, 46.7482)
Luminance	0.4695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB6AE #AEB2BA

analogous

#BAB0AE #BAB6AE #B8BAAE

triadic

#BAB6AE #AEBAB6 #B6AEBA

tetradic

#BAB6AE #AEBAB0 #AEB2BA #BAAEB8

square

#BAB6AE #AEBAB0 #AEB2BA #BAAEB8

split-complementary

#BAB6AE #AEB8BA #B0AEBA

monochromatic

#807A6D #9E988D #BAB6AE #D6D4CF #F1F0EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#BAB6AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.39

#BAB6AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB6AE

10.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB6AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB6AE	1.00	2.02	10.39	10.39
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B6AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9B7AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCB5B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab6ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 182, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.012 84.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cecbc6',
    500: '#bab6ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab6ae;
$custom-light: #cecbc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab6ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 8,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77724,
    "c": 0.01207,
    "h": 84.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB6AE

secondary

#E0E1E4

accent

#689254

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F8

border

#D2D1D1

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB6AE

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

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