#BBAE8B#BBAE8B

#BBAE8B is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.050 H 90.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAE8B
RGB	rgb(187, 174, 139)
HSL	hsl(44, 26%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(44, 26%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 25.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.35, -0.92, 19.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.35, 19.71, 92.68°)
OKLab	oklab(75.28% -0.0001 0.0501)
OKLCH	oklch(75.28% 0.05 90.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.2899, 42.7019, 30.5410)
Luminance	0.4270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAE8B #8B98BB

analogous

#BB968B #BBAE8B #B0BB8B

triadic

#BBAE8B #8BBBAE #AE8BBB

tetradic

#BBAE8B #8BBB96 #8B98BB #BB8BB0

square

#BBAE8B #8BBB96 #8B98BB #BB8BB0

split-complementary

#BBAE8B #8BB0BB #968BBB

monochromatic

#80724B #A49364 #BBAE8B #D2C9B2 #E8E4D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#BBAE8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#BBAE8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAE8B

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAE8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAE8B	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)

#B6AD89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9B08C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3A8A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbae8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 174, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.050 90.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c6ad',
    500: '#bbae8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbae8b;
$custom-light: #d0c6ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbae8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.75,
    "s": 26.087,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75276,
    "c": 0.05009,
    "h": 90.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAE8B

secondary

#C8CDD9

accent

#5CA541

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#141310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAE8B

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

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