#BBAE8F#BBAE8F

#BBAE8F is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.045 H 88.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAE8F
RGB	rgb(187, 174, 143)
HSL	hsl(42, 24%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(42, 24%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 23.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.43, -0.35, 17.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.43, 17.63, 91.13°)
OKLab	oklab(75.37% 0.0016 0.0451)
OKLCH	oklch(75.37% 0.045 88)
XYZ	xyz(40.5876, 42.8210, 32.1085)
Luminance	0.4282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAE8F #8F9CBB

analogous

#BB988F #BBAE8F #B2BB8F

triadic

#BBAE8F #8FBBAE #AE8FBB

tetradic

#BBAE8F #8FBB98 #8F9CBB #BB8FB2

square

#BBAE8F #8FBB98 #8F9CBB #BB8FB2

split-complementary

#BBAE8F #8FB2BB #988FBB

monochromatic

#81724E #A49269 #BBAE8F #D2CAB5 #E9E5DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#BBAE8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#BBAE8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAE8F

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAE8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAE8F	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)

#B6AD8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9B090

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2A9A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbae8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 174, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.045 88.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c6b0',
    500: '#bbae8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbae8f;
$custom-light: #d0c6b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbae8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.273,
    "s": 24.444,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75367,
    "c": 0.0451,
    "h": 88
  },
  "luminance": 0.4282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAE8F

secondary

#CBD0DA

accent

#5FA343

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#141310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAE8F

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

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