#BBB5AA#BBB5AA

#BBB5AA is a light, near-neutral orange. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.017 H 82.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB5AA
RGB	rgb(187, 181, 170)
HSL	hsl(39, 11%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(39, 9%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 9.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.88, 0.18, 6.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.88, 6.36, 88.39°)
OKLab	oklab(77.49% 0.0021 0.0167)
OKLCH	oklch(77.49% 0.017 82.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.2723, 46.5152, 44.6685)
Luminance	0.4652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB5AA #AAB0BB

analogous

#BBADAA #BBB5AA #B8BBAA

triadic

#BBB5AA #AABBB5 #B5AABB

tetradic

#BBB5AA #AABBAD #AAB0BB #BBAAB8

square

#BBB5AA #AABBAD #AAB0BB #BBAAB8

split-complementary

#BBB5AA #AAB8BB #ADAABB

monochromatic

#827968 #A09788 #BBB5AA #D6D3CC #F1F0EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#BBB5AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.30

#BBB5AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB5AA

10.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB5AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB5AA	1.00	2.04	10.30	10.30
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B5A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAB6AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEB3B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb5aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 181, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.017 82.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcbc3',
    500: '#bbb5aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb5aa;
$custom-light: #cfcbc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb5aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.824,
    "s": 11.111,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77491,
    "c": 0.0168,
    "h": 82.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB5AA

secondary

#DEE0E3

accent

#699550

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F7

border

#D2D1D0

text

#131312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB5AA

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

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