#BBAB97#BBAB97

#BBAB97 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.033 H 73.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAB97
RGB	rgb(187, 171, 151)
HSL	hsl(33, 21%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(33, 19%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 19.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.82, 2.47, 12.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.82, 12.64, 78.75°)
OKLab	oklab(74.94% 0.0096 0.0321)
OKLCH	oklch(74.94% 0.033 73.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.6422, 41.9259, 35.2237)
Luminance	0.4193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAB97 #97A7BB

analogous

#BB9997 #BBAB97 #B9BB97

triadic

#BBAB97 #97BBAB #AB97BB

tetradic

#BBAB97 #97BB99 #97A7BB #BB97B9

square

#BBAB97 #97BB99 #97A7BB #BB97B9

split-complementary

#BBAB97 #97B9BB #9997BB

monochromatic

#826E55 #A38D72 #BBAB97 #D3C9BC #EBE7E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#BBAB97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#BBAB97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAB97

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAB97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAB97	1.00	2.24	9.39	9.39
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1AB96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5AF97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2A7A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbab97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 171, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.033 73.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc4b5',
    500: '#bbab97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbab97;
$custom-light: #cfc4b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbab97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.333,
    "s": 20.93,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74941,
    "c": 0.03347,
    "h": 73.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAB97

secondary

#D1D6DD

accent

#6E9F46

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141211

muted

#828180

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAB97

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

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