#BBAEA9#BBAEA9

#BBAEA9 is a light, near-neutral orange. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.017 H 42.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAEA9
RGB	rgb(187, 174, 169)
HSL	hsl(17, 12%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(17, 10%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 9.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.03, 3.78, 4.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.03, 5.68, 48.28°)
OKLab	oklab(76.03% 0.0123 0.0112)
OKLCH	oklch(76.03% 0.017 42.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.7903, 43.7021, 43.7096)
Luminance	0.4370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAEA9 #A9B6BB

analogous

#BBA9AD #BBAEA9 #BBB7A9

triadic

#BBAEA9 #A9BBAE #AEA9BB

tetradic

#BBAEA9 #ADBBA9 #A9B6BB #B7A9BB

square

#BBAEA9 #ADBBA9 #A9B6BB #B7A9BB

split-complementary

#BBAEA9 #A9BBB7 #A9ADBB

monochromatic

#826F67 #A08E87 #BBAEA9 #D6CECB #F1EEED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BBAEA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#BBAEA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAEA9

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAEA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAEA9	1.00	2.16	9.74	9.74
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1AFA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4B2A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFACAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbaea9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 174, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.017 42.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc6c2',
    500: '#bbaea9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbaea9;
$custom-light: #cfc6c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbaea9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.667,
    "s": 11.688,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76031,
    "c": 0.01663,
    "h": 42.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAEA9

secondary

#DDE1E2

accent

#829650

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F7

border

#D2D1D0

text

#131312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAEA9

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

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