#BBAD8D#BBAD8D

#BBAD8D is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.047 H 87.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAD8D
RGB	rgb(187, 173, 141)
HSL	hsl(42, 25%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(42, 25%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 24.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.13, -0.10, 18.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.13, 18.29, 90.31°)
OKLab	oklab(75.11% 0.0023 0.0467)
OKLCH	oklch(75.11% 0.047 87.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.2449, 42.3760, 31.2535)
Luminance	0.4238 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAD8D #8D9BBB

analogous

#BB968D #BBAD8D #B2BB8D

triadic

#BBAD8D #8DBBAD #AD8DBB

tetradic

#BBAD8D #8DBB96 #8D9BBB #BB8DB2

square

#BBAD8D #8DBB96 #8D9BBB #BB8DB2

split-complementary

#BBAD8D #8DB2BB #968DBB

monochromatic

#81714D #A49167 #BBAD8D #D2C9B3 #E9E4DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#BBAD8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#BBAD8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAD8D

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAD8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAD8D	1.00	2.22	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.22	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)

#B5AC8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8B08E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3A8A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbad8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 173, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.047 87.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c5ae',
    500: '#bbad8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbad8d;
$custom-light: #d0c5ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbad8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.739,
    "s": 25.275,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75114,
    "c": 0.04675,
    "h": 87.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAD8D

secondary

#CACFDA

accent

#60A442

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#141210

muted

#82817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAD8D

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

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