#BBABA5#BBABA5

#BBABA5 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.020 H 41.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBABA5
RGB	rgb(187, 171, 165)
HSL	hsl(16, 14%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(16, 12%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 11.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.15, 4.72, 5.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.15, 7.00, 47.58°)
OKLab	oklab(75.31% 0.0153 0.0136)
OKLCH	oklch(75.31% 0.02 41.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.8474, 42.4080, 41.5711)
Luminance	0.4241 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBABA5 #A5B5BB

analogous

#BBA5AA #BBABA5 #BBB6A5

triadic

#BBABA5 #A5BBAB #ABA5BB

tetradic

#BBABA5 #AABBA5 #A5B5BB #B6A5BB

square

#BBABA5 #AABBA5 #A5B5BB #B6A5BB

split-complementary

#BBABA5 #A5BBB6 #A5AABB

monochromatic

#836C63 #A18A82 #BBABA5 #D5CCC8 #F0ECEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#BBABA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#BBABA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBABA5

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBABA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBABA5	1.00	2.21	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFACA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2AFA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0A9A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbaba5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 171, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.020 41.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc4bf',
    500: '#bbaba5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbaba5;
$custom-light: #cfc4bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbaba5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.364,
    "s": 13.924,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7531,
    "c": 0.02047,
    "h": 41.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBABA5

secondary

#DBDFE1

accent

#84984D

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F7

border

#D2D1D0

text

#131212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBABA5

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

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