#BBAB9C#BBAB9C

#BBAB9C is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.028 H 65.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAB9C
RGB	rgb(187, 171, 156)
HSL	hsl(29, 19%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(29, 17%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 16.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.93, 3.25, 9.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.93, 10.33, 71.67°)
OKLab	oklab(75.07% 0.0116 0.0256)
OKLCH	oklch(75.07% 0.028 65.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.0569, 42.0918, 37.4077)
Luminance	0.4209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAB9C #9CACBB

analogous

#BB9C9D #BBAB9C #BBBB9C

triadic

#BBAB9C #9CBBAB #AB9CBB

tetradic

#BBAB9C #9DBB9C #9CACBB #BB9CBB

square

#BBAB9C #9DBB9C #9CACBB #BB9CBB

split-complementary

#BBAB9C #9CBBBB #9C9DBB

monochromatic

#836E5A #A28C78 #BBAB9C #D4CAC0 #EDE9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#BBAB9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#BBAB9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAB9C

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAB9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAB9C	1.00	2.23	9.42	9.42
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0AC9B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4AF9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1A8A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbab9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 171, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.028 65.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc4b9',
    500: '#bbab9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbab9c;
$custom-light: #cfc4b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbab9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.032,
    "s": 18.563,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75068,
    "c": 0.02808,
    "h": 65.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAB9C

secondary

#D5DADE

accent

#749D49

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141211

muted

#828180

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAB9C

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

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