#BBAB8A#BBAB8A

#BBAB8A is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.049 H 85.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAB8A
RGB	rgb(187, 171, 138)
HSL	hsl(40, 26%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(40, 26%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 26.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.54, 0.55, 19.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.54, 19.13, 88.36°)
OKLab	oklab(74.63% 0.0042 0.0487)
OKLCH	oklch(74.63% 0.049 85.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.6441, 41.5266, 29.9669)
Luminance	0.4153 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAB8A #8A9ABB

analogous

#BB928A #BBAB8A #B2BB8A

triadic

#BBAB8A #8ABBAB #AB8ABB

tetradic

#BBAB8A #8ABB92 #8A9ABB #BB8AB2

square

#BBAB8A #8ABB92 #8A9ABB #BB8AB2

split-complementary

#BBAB8A #8AB2BB #928ABB

monochromatic

#806F4A #A58F63 #BBAB8A #D1C7B1 #E8E3D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#BBAB8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#BBAB8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAB8A

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAB8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAB8A	1.00	2.26	9.31	9.31
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3AA88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7AE8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3A5A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbab8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 171, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.049 85.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c3ac',
    500: '#bbab8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbab8a;
$custom-light: #d0c3ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbab8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.408,
    "s": 26.486,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74632,
    "c": 0.04887,
    "h": 85.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAB8A

secondary

#C8CDD9

accent

#61A540

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#141210

muted

#82817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAB8A

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

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