#BBAE97#BBAE97

#BBAE97 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.035 H 81.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAE97
RGB	rgb(187, 174, 151)
HSL	hsl(38, 21%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(38, 19%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 19.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.60, 0.85, 13.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.60, 13.53, 86.40°)
OKLab	oklab(75.56% 0.0049 0.0349)
OKLCH	oklch(75.56% 0.035 81.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.2153, 43.0721, 35.4147)
Luminance	0.4307 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAE97 #97A4BB

analogous

#BB9C97 #BBAE97 #B6BB97

triadic

#BBAE97 #97BBAE #AE97BB

tetradic

#BBAE97 #97BB9C #97A4BB #BB97B6

square

#BBAE97 #97BB9C #97A4BB #BB97B6

split-complementary

#BBAE97 #97B6BB #9C97BB

monochromatic

#827255 #A39172 #BBAE97 #D3CBBC #EBE8E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BBAE97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#BBAE97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAE97

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAE97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAE97	1.00	2.18	9.61	9.61
#FFFFFF	2.18	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)

#B4AD96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7B198

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1AAA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbae97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 174, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.035 81.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc6b5',
    500: '#bbae97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbae97;
$custom-light: #cfc6b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbae97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.333,
    "s": 20.93,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75557,
    "c": 0.0352,
    "h": 81.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43071
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAE97

secondary

#D1D5DD

accent

#669F46

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAE97

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

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