#BBAE8A#BBAE8A

#BBAE8A is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.051 H 90.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAE8A
RGB	rgb(187, 174, 138)
HSL	hsl(44, 26%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(44, 26%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 26.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.33, -1.06, 20.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.33, 20.23, 93.01°)
OKLab	oklab(75.25% -0.0005 0.0513)
OKLCH	oklch(75.25% 0.051 90.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.2172, 42.6728, 30.1580)
Luminance	0.4267 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAE8A #8A97BB

analogous

#BB958A #BBAE8A #AFBB8A

triadic

#BBAE8A #8ABBAE #AE8ABB

tetradic

#BBAE8A #8ABB95 #8A97BB #BB8AAF

square

#BBAE8A #8ABB95 #8A97BB #BB8AAF

split-complementary

#BBAE8A #8AAFBB #958ABB

monochromatic

#80724A #A59363 #BBAE8A #D1C9B1 #E8E4D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#BBAE8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#BBAE8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAE8A

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAE8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAE8A	1.00	2.20	9.53	9.53
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6AC88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAB08B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3A8A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbae8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 174, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.051 90.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c6ac',
    500: '#bbae8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbae8a;
$custom-light: #d0c6ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbae8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.082,
    "s": 26.486,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75254,
    "c": 0.05133,
    "h": 90.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAE8A

secondary

#C8CCD9

accent

#5BA540

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#141310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAE8A

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

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