#BBA899#BBA899

#BBA899 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.031 H 60.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBA899
RGB	rgb(187, 168, 153)
HSL	hsl(26, 20%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(26, 18%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 18.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.09, 4.40, 10.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.09, 11.16, 66.77°)
OKLab	oklab(74.38% 0.015 0.0267)
OKLCH	oklch(74.38% 0.031 60.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.2458, 40.8709, 35.8996)
Luminance	0.4087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBA899 #99ACBB

analogous

#BB999B #BBA899 #BBB999

triadic

#BBA899 #99BBA8 #A899BB

tetradic

#BBA899 #9BBB99 #99ACBB #B999BB

square

#BBA899 #9BBB99 #99ACBB #B999BB

split-complementary

#BBA899 #99BBB9 #999BBB

monochromatic

#836A57 #A38974 #BBA899 #D3C7BE #ECE7E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#BBA899 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#BBA899 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBA899

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBA899	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBA899	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEA998

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2AD99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2A4A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bba899;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 168, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.031 60.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc1b7',
    500: '#bba899',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bba899;
$custom-light: #cfc1b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bba899",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.471,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7438,
    "c": 0.03063,
    "h": 60.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBA899

secondary

#D2D9DD

accent

#789E47

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F7F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141211

muted

#828180

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBA899

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

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