#BBAF97#BBAF97

#BBAF97 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.036 H 84.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAF97
RGB	rgb(187, 175, 151)
HSL	hsl(40, 21%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(40, 19%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 19.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.87, 0.31, 13.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.87, 13.87, 88.71°)
OKLab	oklab(75.76% 0.0034 0.0358)
OKLCH	oklch(75.76% 0.036 84.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.4092, 43.4599, 35.4794)
Luminance	0.4346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAF97 #97A3BB

analogous

#BB9D97 #BBAF97 #B5BB97

triadic

#BBAF97 #97BBAF #AF97BB

tetradic

#BBAF97 #97BB9D #97A3BB #BB97B5

square

#BBAF97 #97BB9D #97A3BB #BB97B5

split-complementary

#BBAF97 #97B5BB #9D97BB

monochromatic

#827355 #A39372 #BBAF97 #D3CBBC #EBE8E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BBAF97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#BBAF97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAF97

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAF97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAF97	1.00	2.17	9.69	9.69
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5AE96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8B198

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1ABA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbaf97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 175, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.036 84.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc6b5',
    500: '#bbaf97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbaf97;
$custom-light: #cfc6b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbaf97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 20.93,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75763,
    "c": 0.03594,
    "h": 84.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAF97

secondary

#D1D5DD

accent

#649F46

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAF97

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

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