#BBA596#BBA596

#BBA596 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.033 H 56.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBA596
RGB	rgb(187, 165, 150)
HSL	hsl(24, 21%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(24, 20%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 19.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.24, 5.57, 10.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.24, 12.07, 62.53°)
OKLab	oklab(73.69% 0.0185 0.0278)
OKLCH	oklch(73.69% 0.033 56.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.4537, 39.6781, 34.4286)
Luminance	0.3968 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBA596 #96ACBB

analogous

#BB9699 #BBA596 #BBB796

triadic

#BBA596 #96BBA5 #A596BB

tetradic

#BBA596 #99BB96 #96ACBB #B796BB

square

#BBA596 #99BB96 #96ACBB #B796BB

split-complementary

#BBA596 #96BBB7 #9699BB

monochromatic

#826754 #A38571 #BBA596 #D3C5BB #EBE5E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#BBA596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#BBA596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBA596

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBA596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBA596	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABA695

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0AB96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2A1A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bba596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 165, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.033 56.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbfb4',
    500: '#bba596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bba596;
$custom-light: #cfbfb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bba596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.324,
    "s": 21.387,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73694,
    "c": 0.03342,
    "h": 56.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBA596

secondary

#D0D8DC

accent

#7BA046

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F7F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141211

muted

#828180

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBA596

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

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