#BBAE96#BBAE96

#BBAE96 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.036 H 82.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAE96
RGB	rgb(187, 174, 150)
HSL	hsl(39, 21%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(39, 20%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 19.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.58, 0.70, 14.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.58, 14.03, 87.16°)
OKLab	oklab(75.53% 0.0045 0.0361)
OKLCH	oklch(75.53% 0.036 82.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.1345, 43.0397, 34.9888)
Luminance	0.4304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAE96 #96A3BB

analogous

#BB9B96 #BBAE96 #B5BB96

triadic

#BBAE96 #96BBAE #AE96BB

tetradic

#BBAE96 #96BB9B #96A3BB #BB96B5

square

#BBAE96 #96BB9B #96A3BB #BB96B5

split-complementary

#BBAE96 #96B5BB #9B96BB

monochromatic

#827254 #A39171 #BBAE96 #D3CBBB #EBE7E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#BBAE96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#BBAE96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAE96

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAE96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAE96	1.00	2.19	9.61	9.61
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4AD95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8B197

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2AAA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbae96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 174, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.036 82.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc6b5',
    500: '#bbae96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbae96;
$custom-light: #cfc6b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbae96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.919,
    "s": 21.387,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75532,
    "c": 0.03642,
    "h": 82.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAE96

secondary

#D0D5DC

accent

#65A046

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAE96

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

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