#BBB299#BBB299

#BBB299 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.036 H 90.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB299
RGB	rgb(187, 178, 153)
HSL	hsl(44, 20%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(44, 18%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 18.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.70, -0.99, 13.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.70, 13.98, 94.05°)
OKLab	oklab(76.43% -0.0003 0.036)
OKLCH	oklch(76.43% 0.036 90.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.1634, 44.7062, 36.5388)
Luminance	0.4471 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB299 #99A2BB

analogous

#BBA199 #BBB299 #B3BB99

triadic

#BBB299 #99BBB2 #B299BB

tetradic

#BBB299 #99BBA1 #99A2BB #BB99B3

square

#BBB299 #99BBA1 #99A2BB #BB99B3

split-complementary

#BBB299 #99B3BB #A199BB

monochromatic

#837757 #A39674 #BBB299 #D3CEBE #ECE9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#BBB299 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.94

#BBB299 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB299

9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB299	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB299	1.00	2.11	9.94	9.94
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B198

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAB49A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1AEAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb299;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 178, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.036 90.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc9b7',
    500: '#bbb299',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb299;
$custom-light: #cfc9b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb299",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.118,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76432,
    "c": 0.03598,
    "h": 90.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB299

secondary

#D2D5DD

accent

#5E9E47

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB299

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

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