#BBAB9E#BBAB9E

#BBAB9E is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.026 H 61.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAB9E
RGB	rgb(187, 171, 158)
HSL	hsl(27, 18%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(27, 16%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 15.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.98, 3.57, 8.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.98, 9.48, 67.87°)
OKLab	oklab(75.12% 0.0124 0.0229)
OKLCH	oklch(75.12% 0.026 61.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.2277, 42.1601, 38.3070)
Luminance	0.4216 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAB9E #9EAEBB

analogous

#BB9E9F #BBAB9E #BBBA9E

triadic

#BBAB9E #9EBBAB #AB9EBB

tetradic

#BBAB9E #9FBB9E #9EAEBB #BA9EBB

square

#BBAB9E #9FBB9E #9EAEBB #BA9EBB

split-complementary

#BBAB9E #9EBBBA #9E9FBB

monochromatic

#836D5C #A28C7A #BBAB9E #D4CAC2 #EDE9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#BBAB9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#BBAB9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAB9E

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAB9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAB9E	1.00	2.23	9.43	9.43
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0AC9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4AF9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1A8A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbab9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 171, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.026 61.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc4ba',
    500: '#bbab9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbab9e;
$custom-light: #cfc4ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbab9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.897,
    "s": 17.576,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75121,
    "c": 0.02607,
    "h": 61.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAB9E

secondary

#D6DBDF

accent

#779C4A

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141211

muted

#828180

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAB9E

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

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