#BBB09B#BBB09B

#BBB09B is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.032 H 83.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB09B
RGB	rgb(187, 176, 155)
HSL	hsl(39, 19%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(39, 17%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 17.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.22, 0.40, 12.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.22, 12.18, 88.14°)
OKLab	oklab(76.07% 0.0035 0.0315)
OKLCH	oklch(76.07% 0.032 83.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.9350, 43.9827, 37.2844)
Luminance	0.4398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB09B #9BA6BB

analogous

#BBA09B #BBB09B #B6BB9B

triadic

#BBB09B #9BBBB0 #B09BBB

tetradic

#BBB09B #9BBBA0 #9BA6BB #BB9BB6

square

#BBB09B #9BBBA0 #9BA6BB #BB9BB6

split-complementary

#BBB09B #9BB6BB #A09BBB

monochromatic

#837459 #A29377 #BBB09B #D4CDBF #EDEAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#BBB09B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#BBB09B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB09B

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB09B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB09B	1.00	2.14	9.80	9.80
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6AF9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8B29C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1ACAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb09b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 176, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.032 83.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc7b8',
    500: '#bbb09b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb09b;
$custom-light: #cfc7b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb09b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.375,
    "s": 19.048,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76068,
    "c": 0.03174,
    "h": 83.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB09B

secondary

#D4D7DE

accent

#659D48

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB09B

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

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