#BBAE9E#BBAE9E

#BBAE9E is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.027 H 73.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAE9E
RGB	rgb(187, 174, 158)
HSL	hsl(33, 18%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(33, 16%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 15.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.76, 1.95, 9.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.76, 10.08, 78.85°)
OKLab	oklab(75.73% 0.0078 0.0258)
OKLCH	oklch(75.73% 0.027 73.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.8008, 43.3063, 38.4980)
Luminance	0.4331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAE9E #9EABBB

analogous

#BB9F9E #BBAE9E #BABB9E

triadic

#BBAE9E #9EBBAE #AE9EBB

tetradic

#BBAE9E #9EBB9F #9EABBB #BB9EBA

square

#BBAE9E #9EBB9F #9EABBB #BB9EBA

split-complementary

#BBAE9E #9EBABB #9F9EBB

monochromatic

#83715C #A2907A #BBAE9E #D4CCC2 #EDEAE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BBAE9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66

#BBAE9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAE9E

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAE9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAE9E	1.00	2.17	9.66	9.66
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3AE9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6B19E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1ABA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbae9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 174, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.027 73.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc6ba',
    500: '#bbae9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbae9e;
$custom-light: #cfc6ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbae9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.103,
    "s": 17.576,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75734,
    "c": 0.02691,
    "h": 73.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAE9E

secondary

#D6DADF

accent

#6E9C4A

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAE9E

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

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