#C9BFBB#C9BFBB

#C9BFBB is a light, near-neutral orange. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.013 H 43.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BFBB
RGB	rgb(201, 191, 187)
HSL	hsl(17, 11%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(17, 7%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.03, 2.80, 3.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.03, 4.30, 49.38°)
OKLab	oklab(81.17% 0.0092 0.0087)
OKLCH	oklch(81.17% 0.013 43.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.6868, 53.2675, 54.5628)
Luminance	0.5327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BFBB #BBC5C9

analogous

#C9BBBE #C9BFBB #C9C6BB

triadic

#C9BFBB #BBC9BF #BFBBC9

tetradic

#C9BFBB #BEC9BB #BBC5C9 #C6BBC9

square

#C9BFBB #BEC9BB #BBC5C9 #C6BBC9

split-complementary

#C9BFBB #BBC9C6 #BBBEC9

monochromatic

#937F77 #AE9F99 #C9BFBB #E4DFDD #F1EFEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#C9BFBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.65

#C9BFBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BFBB

11.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BFBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BFBB	1.00	1.80	11.65	11.65
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1C0BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4C2BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCBEBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9bfbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 191, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.013 43.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d2cf',
    500: '#c9bfbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9bfbb;
$custom-light: #d9d2cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9bfbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.143,
    "s": 11.475,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8117,
    "c": 0.01263,
    "h": 43.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BFBB

secondary

#8C989D

accent

#829650

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141413

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BFBB

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

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