#BBAD99#BBAD99

#BBAD99 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.032 H 76.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAD99
RGB	rgb(187, 173, 153)
HSL	hsl(35, 20%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(35, 18%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 18.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.39, 1.70, 12.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.39, 12.22, 82.02°)
OKLab	oklab(75.4% 0.0073 0.0313)
OKLCH	oklch(75.4% 0.032 76.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.1867, 42.7527, 36.2133)
Luminance	0.4275 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAD99 #99A7BB

analogous

#BB9C99 #BBAD99 #B8BB99

triadic

#BBAD99 #99BBAD #AD99BB

tetradic

#BBAD99 #99BB9C #99A7BB #BB99B8

square

#BBAD99 #99BB9C #99A7BB #BB99B8

split-complementary

#BBAD99 #99B8BB #9C99BB

monochromatic

#837157 #A38F74 #BBAD99 #D3CBBE #ECE8E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#BBAD99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#BBAD99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAD99

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAD99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAD99	1.00	2.20	9.55	9.55
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3AD98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6B099

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1A9A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbad99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 173, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.032 76.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc5b7',
    500: '#bbad99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbad99;
$custom-light: #cfc5b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbad99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.294,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75401,
    "c": 0.03218,
    "h": 76.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAD99

secondary

#D2D7DD

accent

#6B9E47

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141211

muted

#828180

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAD99

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

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