#BBB197#BBB197

#BBB197 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.038 H 89.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB197
RGB	rgb(187, 177, 151)
HSL	hsl(43, 21%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(43, 19%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 19.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.39, -0.76, 14.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.39, 14.62, 92.98°)
OKLab	oklab(76.18% 0.0003 0.0376)
OKLCH	oklch(76.18% 0.038 89.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.8014, 44.2442, 35.6101)
Luminance	0.4424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB197 #97A1BB

analogous

#BB9F97 #BBB197 #B3BB97

triadic

#BBB197 #97BBB1 #B197BB

tetradic

#BBB197 #97BB9F #97A1BB #BB97B3

square

#BBB197 #97BB9F #97A1BB #BB97B3

split-complementary

#BBB197 #97B3BB #9F97BB

monochromatic

#827655 #A39572 #BBB197 #D3CDBC #EBE9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BBB197 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#BBB197 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB197

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB197	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB197	1.00	2.13	9.85	9.85
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B095

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAB398

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1ADAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb197;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 177, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.038 89.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc8b5',
    500: '#bbb197',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb197;
$custom-light: #cfc8b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb197",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.333,
    "s": 20.93,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76177,
    "c": 0.03762,
    "h": 89.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB197

secondary

#D1D4DD

accent

#5F9F46

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB197

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

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