#BBAE9F#BBAE9F

#BBAE9F is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.026 H 71.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAE9F
RGB	rgb(187, 174, 159)
HSL	hsl(32, 17%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(32, 15%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 15%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.79, 2.11, 9.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.79, 9.61, 77.31°)
OKLab	oklab(75.76% 0.0082 0.0244)
OKLCH	oklch(75.76% 0.026 71.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.8872, 43.3408, 38.9532)
Luminance	0.4334 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAE9F #9FACBB

analogous

#BBA09F #BBAE9F #BABB9F

triadic

#BBAE9F #9FBBAE #AE9FBB

tetradic

#BBAE9F #9FBBA0 #9FACBB #BB9FBA

square

#BBAE9F #9FBBA0 #9FACBB #BB9FBA

split-complementary

#BBAE9F #9FBABB #A09FBB

monochromatic

#83715D #A2907B #BBAE9F #D4CCC3 #EEEAE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BBAE9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.67

#BBAE9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAE9F

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAE9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAE9F	1.00	2.17	9.67	9.67
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3AE9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6B19F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0ABAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbae9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 174, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.026 71.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc6bb',
    500: '#bbae9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbae9f;
$custom-light: #cfc6bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbae9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.143,
    "s": 17.073,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7576,
    "c": 0.02579,
    "h": 71.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAE9F

secondary

#D7DBDF

accent

#709B4A

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAE9F

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

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