#BBAE99#BBAE99

#BBAE99 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.033 H 79.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAE99
RGB	rgb(187, 174, 153)
HSL	hsl(37, 20%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(37, 18%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 18.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.65, 1.16, 12.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.65, 12.52, 84.69°)
OKLab	oklab(75.61% 0.0058 0.0323)
OKLCH	oklch(75.61% 0.033 79.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.3791, 43.1376, 36.2774)
Luminance	0.4314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAE99 #99A6BB

analogous

#BB9D99 #BBAE99 #B7BB99

triadic

#BBAE99 #99BBAE #AE99BB

tetradic

#BBAE99 #99BB9D #99A6BB #BB99B7

square

#BBAE99 #99BB9D #99A6BB #BB99B7

split-complementary

#BBAE99 #99B7BB #9D99BB

monochromatic

#837257 #A39174 #BBAE99 #D3CBBE #ECE8E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BBAE99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.63

#BBAE99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAE99

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAE99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAE99	1.00	2.18	9.63	9.63
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4AE98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7B19A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1AAA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbae99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 174, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.033 79.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc6b7',
    500: '#bbae99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbae99;
$custom-light: #cfc6b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbae99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.059,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75606,
    "c": 0.03278,
    "h": 79.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAE99

secondary

#D2D7DD

accent

#689E47

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAE99

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

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