#BBAE98#BBAE98

#BBAE98 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.034 H 80.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAE98
RGB	rgb(187, 174, 152)
HSL	hsl(38, 20%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(38, 19%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 18.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.63, 1.00, 12.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.63, 13.02, 85.58°)
OKLab	oklab(75.58% 0.0054 0.0336)
OKLCH	oklch(75.58% 0.034 80.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.2969, 43.1047, 35.8443)
Luminance	0.4310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAE98 #98A5BB

analogous

#BB9D98 #BBAE98 #B7BB98

triadic

#BBAE98 #98BBAE #AE98BB

tetradic

#BBAE98 #98BB9D #98A5BB #BB98B7

square

#BBAE98 #98BB9D #98A5BB #BB98B7

split-complementary

#BBAE98 #98B7BB #9D98BB

monochromatic

#827256 #A39173 #BBAE98 #D3CBBD #ECE8E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BBAE98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#BBAE98 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAE98

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAE98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAE98	1.00	2.18	9.62	9.62
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4AE97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7B199

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1AAA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbae98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 174, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.034 80.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc6b6',
    500: '#bbae98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbae98;
$custom-light: #cfc6b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbae98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.714,
    "s": 20.468,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75582,
    "c": 0.03398,
    "h": 80.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAE98

secondary

#D2D6DD

accent

#679F47

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAE98

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

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