#BBAE8E#BBAE8E

#BBAE8E is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.046 H 88.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAE8E
RGB	rgb(187, 174, 142)
HSL	hsl(43, 25%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(43, 24%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 24.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.41, -0.49, 18.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.41, 18.15, 91.55°)
OKLab	oklab(75.34% 0.0012 0.0463)
OKLCH	oklch(75.34% 0.046 88.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.5122, 42.7908, 31.7113)
Luminance	0.4279 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAE8E #8E9BBB

analogous

#BB988E #BBAE8E #B2BB8E

triadic

#BBAE8E #8EBBAE #AE8EBB

tetradic

#BBAE8E #8EBB98 #8E9BBB #BB8EB2

square

#BBAE8E #8EBB98 #8E9BBB #BB8EB2

split-complementary

#BBAE8E #8EB2BB #988EBB

monochromatic

#81724E #A49368 #BBAE8E #D2C9B4 #E9E5DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#BBAE8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#BBAE8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAE8E

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAE8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAE8E	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)

#B6AD8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9B08F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3A9A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbae8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 174, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.046 88.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c6af',
    500: '#bbae8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbae8e;
$custom-light: #d0c6af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbae8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.667,
    "s": 24.862,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75344,
    "c": 0.04635,
    "h": 88.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAE8E

secondary

#CBCFDA

accent

#5EA342

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#141310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAE8E

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

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