#BBAE9D#BBAE9D

#BBAE9D is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.028 H 74.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAE9D
RGB	rgb(187, 174, 157)
HSL	hsl(34, 18%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(34, 16%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 16%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.74, 1.79, 10.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.74, 10.56, 80.25°)
OKLab	oklab(75.71% 0.0074 0.0271)
OKLCH	oklch(75.71% 0.028 74.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.7151, 43.2720, 38.0466)
Luminance	0.4327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAE9D #9DAABB

analogous

#BB9F9D #BBAE9D #B9BB9D

triadic

#BBAE9D #9DBBAE #AE9DBB

tetradic

#BBAE9D #9DBB9F #9DAABB #BB9DB9

square

#BBAE9D #9DBB9F #9DAABB #BB9DB9

split-complementary

#BBAE9D #9DB9BB #9F9DBB

monochromatic

#83715B #A29079 #BBAE9D #D4CCC1 #EDEAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BBAE9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#BBAE9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAE9D

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAE9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAE9D	1.00	2.18	9.65	9.65
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3AE9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6B19D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1ABA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbae9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 174, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.028 74.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc6ba',
    500: '#bbae9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbae9d;
$custom-light: #cfc6ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbae9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34,
    "s": 18.072,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75708,
    "c": 0.02806,
    "h": 74.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAE9D

secondary

#D5D9DF

accent

#6D9C49

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAE9D

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

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