#BBAE9A#BBAE9A

#BBAE9A is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.032 H 78.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAE9A
RGB	rgb(187, 174, 154)
HSL	hsl(36, 20%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(36, 18%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 17.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.67, 1.31, 11.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.67, 12.02, 83.73°)
OKLab	oklab(75.63% 0.0062 0.031)
OKLCH	oklch(75.63% 0.032 78.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.4621, 43.1708, 36.7142)
Luminance	0.4317 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAE9A #9AA7BB

analogous

#BB9E9A #BBAE9A #B8BB9A

triadic

#BBAE9A #9ABBAE #AE9ABB

tetradic

#BBAE9A #9ABB9E #9AA7BB #BB9AB8

square

#BBAE9A #9ABB9E #9AA7BB #BB9AB8

split-complementary

#BBAE9A #9AB8BB #9E9ABB

monochromatic

#837258 #A29175 #BBAE9A #D4CBBF #ECE9E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BBAE9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.63

#BBAE9A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAE9A

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAE9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAE9A	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)

#B4AE99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7B19A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1AAA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbae9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 174, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.032 78.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc6b7',
    500: '#bbae9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbae9a;
$custom-light: #cfc6b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbae9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.364,
    "s": 19.527,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75632,
    "c": 0.03158,
    "h": 78.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAE9A

secondary

#D3D7DE

accent

#6A9E48

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAE9A

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

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