#BBAB8B#BBAB8B

#BBAB8B is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.048 H 84.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAB8B
RGB	rgb(187, 171, 139)
HSL	hsl(40, 26%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(40, 26%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 25.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.56, 0.69, 18.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.56, 18.61, 87.88°)
OKLab	oklab(74.66% 0.0046 0.0474)
OKLCH	oklch(74.66% 0.048 84.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.7168, 41.5557, 30.3500)
Luminance	0.4155 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAB8B #8B9BBB

analogous

#BB938B #BBAB8B #B3BB8B

triadic

#BBAB8B #8BBBAB #AB8BBB

tetradic

#BBAB8B #8BBB93 #8B9BBB #BB8BB3

square

#BBAB8B #8BBB93 #8B9BBB #BB8BB3

split-complementary

#BBAB8B #8BB3BB #938BBB

monochromatic

#806F4B #A48F64 #BBAB8B #D2C7B2 #E8E3D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#BBAB8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#BBAB8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAB8B

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAB8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAB8B	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)

#B3AA89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7AE8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3A5A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbab8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 171, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.048 84.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c3ad',
    500: '#bbab8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbab8b;
$custom-light: #d0c3ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbab8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 26.087,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74655,
    "c": 0.04765,
    "h": 84.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAB8B

secondary

#C8CED9

accent

#62A541

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#141210

muted

#82817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAB8B

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

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