#BBAD8A#BBAD8A

#BBAD8A is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.050 H 88.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAD8A
RGB	rgb(187, 173, 138)
HSL	hsl(43, 26%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(43, 26%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 26.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.07, -0.53, 19.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.07, 19.85, 91.52°)
OKLab	oklab(75.05% 0.0011 0.0505)
OKLCH	oklch(75.05% 0.05 88.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.0247, 42.2879, 30.0938)
Luminance	0.4229 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAD8A #8A98BB

analogous

#BB948A #BBAD8A #B0BB8A

triadic

#BBAD8A #8ABBAD #AD8ABB

tetradic

#BBAD8A #8ABB94 #8A98BB #BB8AB0

square

#BBAD8A #8ABB94 #8A98BB #BB8AB0

split-complementary

#BBAD8A #8AB0BB #948ABB

monochromatic

#80714A #A59263 #BBAD8A #D1C8B1 #E8E3D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#BBAD8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#BBAD8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAD8A

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAD8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAD8A	1.00	2.22	9.46	9.46
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5AC88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9B08B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3A7A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbad8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 173, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.050 88.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c5ac',
    500: '#bbad8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbad8a;
$custom-light: #d0c5ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbad8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.857,
    "s": 26.486,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75046,
    "c": 0.05046,
    "h": 88.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAD8A

secondary

#C8CDD9

accent

#5DA540

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#141210

muted

#82817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAD8A

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

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