#BBAB99#BBAB99

#BBAB99 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.031 H 70.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAB99
RGB	rgb(187, 171, 153)
HSL	hsl(32, 20%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(32, 18%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 18.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.86, 2.78, 11.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.86, 11.69, 76.27°)
OKLab	oklab(74.99% 0.0104 0.0295)
OKLCH	oklch(74.99% 0.031 70.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.8060, 41.9914, 36.0864)
Luminance	0.4199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAB99 #99A9BB

analogous

#BB9A99 #BBAB99 #BABB99

triadic

#BBAB99 #99BBAB #AB99BB

tetradic

#BBAB99 #99BB9A #99A9BB #BB99BA

square

#BBAB99 #99BB9A #99A9BB #BB99BA

split-complementary

#BBAB99 #99BABB #9A99BB

monochromatic

#836E57 #A38D74 #BBAB99 #D3C9BE #ECE7E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#BBAB99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#BBAB99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAB99

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAB99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAB99	1.00	2.23	9.40	9.40
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1AB98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5AF99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1A7A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbab99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 171, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.031 70.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc4b7',
    500: '#bbab99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbab99;
$custom-light: #cfc4b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbab99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.765,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74991,
    "c": 0.03125,
    "h": 70.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAB99

secondary

#D2D8DD

accent

#709E47

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141211

muted

#828180

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAB99

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

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