#BBB6AE#BBB6AE

#BBB6AE is a light, near-neutral orange. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.013 H 79.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB6AE
RGB	rgb(187, 182, 174)
HSL	hsl(37, 9%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(37, 7%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.24, 0.33, 4.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.24, 4.70, 85.93°)
OKLab	oklab(77.81% 0.0022 0.0124)
OKLCH	oklch(77.81% 0.013 79.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.8605, 47.0770, 46.7597)
Luminance	0.4708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB6AE #AEB3BB

analogous

#BBAFAE #BBB6AE #B9BBAE

triadic

#BBB6AE #AEBBB6 #B6AEBB

tetradic

#BBB6AE #AEBBAF #AEB3BB #BBAEB9

square

#BBB6AE #AEBBAF #AEB3BB #BBAEB9

split-complementary

#BBB6AE #AEB9BB #AFAEBB

monochromatic

#827A6D #9F988D #BBB6AE #D7D4CF #F1F0EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#BBB6AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.42

#BBB6AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB6AE

10.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB6AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB6AE	1.00	2.02	10.42	10.42
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B6AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAB7AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEB4B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb6ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 182, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.013 79.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcbc6',
    500: '#bbb6ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb6ae;
$custom-light: #cfcbc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb6ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.923,
    "s": 8.725,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77807,
    "c": 0.01255,
    "h": 79.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB6AE

secondary

#E1E2E4

accent

#6B9353

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F8

border

#D2D1D1

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB6AE

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

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