#BBAE8D#BBAE8D

#BBAE8D is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.048 H 89.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAE8D
RGB	rgb(187, 174, 141)
HSL	hsl(43, 25%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(43, 25%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 24.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.39, -0.64, 18.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.39, 18.67, 91.95°)
OKLab	oklab(75.32% 0.0008 0.0476)
OKLCH	oklch(75.32% 0.048 89.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.4374, 42.7609, 31.3177)
Luminance	0.4276 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAE8D #8D9ABB

analogous

#BB978D #BBAE8D #B1BB8D

triadic

#BBAE8D #8DBBAE #AE8DBB

tetradic

#BBAE8D #8DBB97 #8D9ABB #BB8DB1

square

#BBAE8D #8DBB97 #8D9ABB #BB8DB1

split-complementary

#BBAE8D #8DB1BB #978DBB

monochromatic

#81724D #A49367 #BBAE8D #D2C9B3 #E9E4DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#BBAE8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#BBAE8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAE8D

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAE8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAE8D	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)

#B6AD8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9B08E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3A9A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbae8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 174, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.048 89.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c6ae',
    500: '#bbae8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbae8d;
$custom-light: #d0c6ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbae8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.043,
    "s": 25.275,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75321,
    "c": 0.0476,
    "h": 89.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAE8D

secondary

#CACEDA

accent

#5DA442

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#141310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAE8D

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

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