#BBAD97#BBAD97

#BBAD97 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.035 H 79.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAD97
RGB	rgb(187, 173, 151)
HSL	hsl(37, 21%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(37, 19%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 19.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.34, 1.39, 13.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.34, 13.20, 83.97°)
OKLab	oklab(75.35% 0.0065 0.0339)
OKLCH	oklch(75.35% 0.035 79.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.0229, 42.6872, 35.3506)
Luminance	0.4269 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAD97 #97A5BB

analogous

#BB9B97 #BBAD97 #B7BB97

triadic

#BBAD97 #97BBAD #AD97BB

tetradic

#BBAD97 #97BB9B #97A5BB #BB97B7

square

#BBAD97 #97BB9B #97A5BB #BB97B7

split-complementary

#BBAD97 #97B7BB #9B97BB

monochromatic

#827155 #A39072 #BBAD97 #D3CABC #EBE7E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#BBAD97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#BBAD97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAD97

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAD97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAD97	1.00	2.20	9.54	9.54
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3AD96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7B098

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2A9A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbad97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 173, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.035 79.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc5b5',
    500: '#bbad97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbad97;
$custom-light: #cfc5b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbad97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.667,
    "s": 20.93,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75351,
    "c": 0.03454,
    "h": 79.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAD97

secondary

#D1D6DD

accent

#699F46

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141211

muted

#828180

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAD97

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

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