#BBAB9D#BBAB9D

#BBAB9D is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.027 H 63.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAB9D
RGB	rgb(187, 171, 157)
HSL	hsl(28, 18%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(28, 16%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 16%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.96, 3.41, 9.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.96, 9.90, 69.85°)
OKLab	oklab(75.09% 0.012 0.0242)
OKLCH	oklch(75.09% 0.027 63.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.1420, 42.1258, 37.8555)
Luminance	0.4213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAB9D #9DADBB

analogous

#BB9D9E #BBAB9D #BBBA9D

triadic

#BBAB9D #9DBBAB #AB9DBB

tetradic

#BBAB9D #9EBB9D #9DADBB #BA9DBB

square

#BBAB9D #9EBB9D #9DADBB #BA9DBB

split-complementary

#BBAB9D #9DBBBA #9D9EBB

monochromatic

#836D5B #A28C79 #BBAB9D #D4CAC1 #EDE9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#BBAB9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#BBAB9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAB9D

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAB9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAB9D	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)

#B0AC9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4AF9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1A8A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbab9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 171, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.027 63.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc4b9',
    500: '#bbab9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbab9d;
$custom-light: #cfc4b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbab9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28,
    "s": 18.072,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75094,
    "c": 0.02706,
    "h": 63.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAB9D

secondary

#D5DADF

accent

#769C49

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141211

muted

#828180

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAB9D

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

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