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#BBB4A4

Greige · light warm orange

About #BBB4A4

With the hex code #BBB4A4, this is a light orange with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 73% red, 71% green and 64% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 4% magenta, 12% yellow and 27% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is virtually identical to Greige — a ΔE of 2.7 — followed by Mushroom. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #A4ABBB, a dusty blue shade.

In design, a light colour like this works best for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Black text reads best on it at 10.18:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red187
Green180
Blue164

Closest named colours

Greige
#B8AFA3 · ΔE 2.7
Mushroom
#A39B90 · ΔE 9.5
Khaki
#C3B091 · ΔE 9.6

ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.

Text on #BBB4A4

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on greige #BBB4A4.
2.06:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on greige #BBB4A4.
10.18:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #BBB4A4 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#BBB4A4
Protanopia (no red cones)
#B8B3A3
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#BAB5A4
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#BFB1AF

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #BBB4A4?

With the hex code #BBB4A4, this is a light orange with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 73% red, 71% green and 64% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 4% magenta, 12% yellow and 27% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #BBB4A4?

Use black text. Black on #BBB4A4 has a contrast ratio of 10.18:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #BBB4A4?

Its complementary colour is #A4ABBB, and analogous partners are #BBA9A4 and #B6BBA4.