#BBAD89#BBAD89

#BBAD89 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.052 H 89.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAD89
RGB	rgb(187, 173, 137)
HSL	hsl(43, 27%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(43, 27%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 26.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.05, -0.67, 20.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.05, 20.37, 91.87°)
OKLab	oklab(75.02% 0.0006 0.0517)
OKLCH	oklch(75.02% 0.052 89.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.9527, 42.2591, 29.7143)
Luminance	0.4226 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAD89 #8997BB

analogous

#BB9489 #BBAD89 #B0BB89

triadic

#BBAD89 #89BBAD #AD89BB

tetradic

#BBAD89 #89BB94 #8997BB #BB89B0

square

#BBAD89 #89BB94 #8997BB #BB89B0

split-complementary

#BBAD89 #89B0BB #9489BB

monochromatic

#80714A #A59262 #BBAD89 #D1C8B0 #E8E3D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#BBAD89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#BBAD89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAD89

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAD89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAD89	1.00	2.22	9.45	9.45
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5AC87

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9B08A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3A7A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbad89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 173, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.052 89.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c5ab',
    500: '#bbad89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbad89;
$custom-light: #d0c5ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbad89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.2,
    "s": 26.882,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75024,
    "c": 0.0517,
    "h": 89.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAD89

secondary

#C7CCD9

accent

#5CA540

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#141210

muted

#82817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAD89

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

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