#BB8169#BB8169

#BB8169 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.080 H 43.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8169
RGB	rgb(187, 129, 105)
HSL	hsl(18, 38%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(18, 44%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31%, 43.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.24, 19.48, 22.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.24, 29.40, 48.51°)
OKLab	oklab(65.59% 0.0584 0.0551)
OKLCH	oklch(65.59% 0.08 43.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.8950, 27.2875, 17.0017)
Luminance	0.2728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8169 #69A3BB

analogous

#BB697A #BB8169 #BBAA69

triadic

#BB8169 #69BB81 #8169BB

tetradic

#BB8169 #7ABB69 #69A3BB #AA69BB

square

#BB8169 #7ABB69 #69A3BB #AA69BB

split-complementary

#BB8169 #69BBAA #697ABB

monochromatic

#754835 #9F6148 #BB8169 #CEA493 #E1C8BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#BB8169 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#BB8169 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8169

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8169	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8169	1.00	3.25	6.46	6.46
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#908767

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9369

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9787B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8169;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 129, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.080 43.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2a694',
    500: '#bb8169',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8169;
$custom-light: #d2a694;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8169",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.561,
    "s": 37.615,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65593,
    "c": 0.08023,
    "h": 43.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8169

secondary

#AFC7D1

accent

#ACCE5A

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF4F1

border

#D3CECB

text

#140F0D

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8169

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

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