#BBAE9B#BBAE9B

#BBAE9B is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.030 H 77.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAE9B
RGB	rgb(187, 174, 155)
HSL	hsl(36, 19%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(36, 17%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 17.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.69, 1.47, 11.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.69, 11.53, 82.67°)
OKLab	oklab(75.66% 0.0066 0.0297)
OKLCH	oklch(75.66% 0.03 77.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.5457, 43.2042, 37.1547)
Luminance	0.4320 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAE9B #9BA8BB

analogous

#BB9E9B #BBAE9B #B8BB9B

triadic

#BBAE9B #9BBBAE #AE9BBB

tetradic

#BBAE9B #9BBB9E #9BA8BB #BB9BB8

square

#BBAE9B #9BBB9E #9BA8BB #BB9BB8

split-complementary

#BBAE9B #9BB8BB #9E9BBB

monochromatic

#837259 #A29077 #BBAE9B #D4CCBF #EDE9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BBAE9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#BBAE9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAE9B

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAE9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAE9B	1.00	2.18	9.64	9.64
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4AE9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7B19B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1AAA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbae9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 174, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.030 77.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc6b8',
    500: '#bbae9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbae9b;
$custom-light: #cfc6b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbae9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.625,
    "s": 19.048,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75657,
    "c": 0.03039,
    "h": 77.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAE9B

secondary

#D4D8DE

accent

#6B9D48

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAE9B

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

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