#BBAFA9#BBAFA9

#BBAFA9 is a light, near-neutral orange. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.016 H 48.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAFA9
RGB	rgb(187, 175, 169)
HSL	hsl(20, 12%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(20, 10%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 9.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.29, 3.24, 4.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.29, 5.63, 54.94°)
OKLab	oklab(76.23% 0.0108 0.0122)
OKLCH	oklch(76.23% 0.016 48.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.9842, 44.0899, 43.7742)
Luminance	0.4409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAFA9 #A9B5BB

analogous

#BBA9AC #BBAFA9 #BBB8A9

triadic

#BBAFA9 #A9BBAF #AFA9BB

tetradic

#BBAFA9 #ACBBA9 #A9B5BB #B8A9BB

square

#BBAFA9 #ACBBA9 #A9B5BB #B8A9BB

split-complementary

#BBAFA9 #A9BBB8 #A9ACBB

monochromatic

#827067 #A08F87 #BBAFA9 #D6CFCB #F1EFED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#BBAFA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.82

#BBAFA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAFA9

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAFA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAFA9	1.00	2.14	9.82	9.82
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B0A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5B2A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFADAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbafa9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 175, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.016 48.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc6c2',
    500: '#bbafa9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbafa9;
$custom-light: #cfc6c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbafa9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20,
    "s": 11.688,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76234,
    "c": 0.01625,
    "h": 48.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAFA9

secondary

#DDE1E2

accent

#7E9650

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F7

border

#D2D1D0

text

#131312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAFA9

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

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