#BBAEA8#BBAEA8

#BBAEA8 is a light, near-neutral orange. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.017 H 46.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAEA8
RGB	rgb(187, 174, 168)
HSL	hsl(19, 12%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(19, 10%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 10.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.00, 3.61, 4.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.00, 5.96, 52.79°)
OKLab	oklab(76% 0.0119 0.0125)
OKLCH	oklch(76% 0.017 46.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.6968, 43.6647, 43.2171)
Luminance	0.4366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAEA8 #A8B5BB

analogous

#BBA8AC #BBAEA8 #BBB8A8

triadic

#BBAEA8 #A8BBAE #AEA8BB

tetradic

#BBAEA8 #ACBBA8 #A8B5BB #B8A8BB

square

#BBAEA8 #ACBBA8 #A8B5BB #B8A8BB

split-complementary

#BBAEA8 #A8BBB8 #A8ACBB

monochromatic

#836F66 #A08E86 #BBAEA8 #D6CECA #F1EEED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BBAEA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#BBAEA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAEA8

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAEA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAEA8	1.00	2.16	9.73	9.73
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1AFA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4B1A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFACAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbaea8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 174, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.017 46.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc6c1',
    500: '#bbaea8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbaea8;
$custom-light: #cfc6c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbaea8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.947,
    "s": 12.258,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76003,
    "c": 0.01727,
    "h": 46.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAEA8

secondary

#DDE0E2

accent

#80964F

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F7

border

#D2D1D0

text

#131312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAEA8

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

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