#BB8978#BB8978

#BB8978 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.067 H 39.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8978
RGB	rgb(187, 137, 120)
HSL	hsl(15, 33%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(15, 36%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.7%, 35.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.49, 16.79, 16.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.49, 23.63, 44.70°)
OKLab	oklab(67.44% 0.0513 0.0424)
OKLCH	oklch(67.44% 0.067 39.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.8304, 29.8141, 21.7911)
Luminance	0.2981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8978 #78AABB

analogous

#BB7888 #BB8978 #BBAB78

triadic

#BB8978 #78BB89 #8978BB

tetradic

#BB8978 #88BB78 #78AABB #AB78BB

square

#BB8978 #88BB78 #78AABB #AB78BB

split-complementary

#BB8978 #78BBAB #7888BB

monochromatic

#7B4D3E #A36752 #BB8978 #D0ADA1 #E4D0C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#BB8978 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.96

#BB8978 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8978

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8978	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8978	1.00	3.02	6.96	6.96
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#958E77

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19978

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C78284

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8978;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 137, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.067 39.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ab9f',
    500: '#bb8978',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8978;
$custom-light: #d1ab9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8978",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.224,
    "s": 33.005,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67438,
    "c": 0.06651,
    "h": 39.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8978

secondary

#BBCED4

accent

#8FAC3A

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF4F2

border

#D3CECC

text

#14100E

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8978

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

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