#BBB5AB#BBB5AB

#BBB5AB is a light, near-neutral orange. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.016 H 80.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB5AB
RGB	rgb(187, 181, 171)
HSL	hsl(38, 11%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(38, 9%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 8.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.90, 0.35, 5.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.90, 5.85, 86.58°)
OKLab	oklab(77.52% 0.0025 0.0154)
OKLCH	oklch(77.52% 0.016 80.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.3672, 46.5532, 45.1686)
Luminance	0.4655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB5AB #ABB1BB

analogous

#BBADAB #BBB5AB #B9BBAB

triadic

#BBB5AB #ABBBB5 #B5ABBB

tetradic

#BBB5AB #ABBBAD #ABB1BB #BBABB9

square

#BBB5AB #ABBBAD #ABB1BB #BBABB9

split-complementary

#BBB5AB #ABB9BB #ADABBB

monochromatic

#827969 #A09789 #BBB5AB #D6D3CD #F1F0EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#BBB5AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.31

#BBB5AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB5AB

10.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB5AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB5AB	1.00	2.04	10.31	10.31
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B5AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9B6AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEB3B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb5ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 181, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.016 80.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcbc4',
    500: '#bbb5ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb5ab;
$custom-light: #cfcbc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb5ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.5,
    "s": 10.526,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77518,
    "c": 0.01555,
    "h": 80.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB5AB

secondary

#DFE0E3

accent

#6A9551

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F8

border

#D2D1D1

text

#131312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB5AB

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

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