#BBAD9B#BBAD9B

#BBAD9B is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.030 H 74.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAD9B
RGB	rgb(187, 173, 155)
HSL	hsl(34, 19%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(34, 17%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 17.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.43, 2.01, 11.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.43, 11.25, 79.70°)
OKLab	oklab(75.45% 0.0081 0.0287)
OKLCH	oklch(75.45% 0.03 74.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.3532, 42.8193, 37.0905)
Luminance	0.4282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAD9B #9BA9BB

analogous

#BB9D9B #BBAD9B #B9BB9B

triadic

#BBAD9B #9BBBAD #AD9BBB

tetradic

#BBAD9B #9BBB9D #9BA9BB #BB9BB9

square

#BBAD9B #9BBB9D #9BA9BB #BB9BB9

split-complementary

#BBAD9B #9BB9BB #9D9BBB

monochromatic

#837059 #A28F77 #BBAD9B #D4CBBF #EDE9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#BBAD9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#BBAD9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAD9B

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAD9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAD9B	1.00	2.20	9.56	9.56
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3AD9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6B09B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1A9A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbad9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 173, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.030 74.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc5b8',
    500: '#bbad9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbad9b;
$custom-light: #cfc5b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbad9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.75,
    "s": 19.048,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75452,
    "c": 0.02987,
    "h": 74.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAD9B

secondary

#D4D8DE

accent

#6D9D48

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141211

muted

#828180

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAD9B

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

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