#BBA8A0#BBA8A0

#BBA8A0 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.025 H 44.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBA8A0
RGB	rgb(187, 168, 160)
HSL	hsl(18, 17%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(18, 14%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 14.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.25, 5.53, 6.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.25, 8.63, 50.21°)
OKLab	oklab(74.57% 0.0179 0.0174)
OKLCH	oklch(74.57% 0.025 44.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.8410, 41.1090, 39.0343)
Luminance	0.4111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBA8A0 #A0B3BB

analogous

#BBA0A5 #BBA8A0 #BBB5A0

triadic

#BBA8A0 #A0BBA8 #A8A0BB

tetradic

#BBA8A0 #A5BBA0 #A0B3BB #B5A0BB

square

#BBA8A0 #A5BBA0 #A0B3BB #B5A0BB

split-complementary

#BBA8A0 #A0BBB5 #A0A5BB

monochromatic

#83695E #A1877C #BBA8A0 #D5C9C4 #EEE9E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#BBA8A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#BBA8A0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBA8A0

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBA8A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBA8A0	1.00	2.28	9.22	9.22
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADAA9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1ADA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1A5A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bba8a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 168, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.025 44.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc1bc',
    500: '#bba8a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bba8a0;
$custom-light: #cfc1bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bba8a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.778,
    "s": 16.564,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74565,
    "c": 0.02497,
    "h": 44.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBA8A0

secondary

#D7DDE0

accent

#839B4B

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F7F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBA8A0

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

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