#BBAB9F#BBAB9F

#BBAB9F is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.025 H 59.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAB9F
RGB	rgb(187, 171, 159)
HSL	hsl(26, 17%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(26, 15%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 15%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.00, 3.73, 8.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.00, 9.07, 65.69°)
OKLab	oklab(75.15% 0.0128 0.0216)
OKLCH	oklch(75.15% 0.025 59.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.3141, 42.1946, 38.7622)
Luminance	0.4219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAB9F #9FAFBB

analogous

#BB9FA1 #BBAB9F #BBB99F

triadic

#BBAB9F #9FBBAB #AB9FBB

tetradic

#BBAB9F #A1BB9F #9FAFBB #B99FBB

square

#BBAB9F #A1BB9F #9FAFBB #B99FBB

split-complementary

#BBAB9F #9FBBB9 #9FA1BB

monochromatic

#836D5D #A28C7B #BBAB9F #D4CAC3 #EEEAE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#BBAB9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#BBAB9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAB9F

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAB9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAB9F	1.00	2.22	9.44	9.44
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0AC9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4AF9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1A8A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbab9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 171, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.025 59.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc4bb',
    500: '#bbab9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbab9f;
$custom-light: #cfc4bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbab9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.714,
    "s": 17.073,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75147,
    "c": 0.02513,
    "h": 59.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAB9F

secondary

#D7DCDF

accent

#799B4A

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141211

muted

#828180

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAB9F

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

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