#BB9178#BB9178

#BB9178 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.062 H 52.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9178
RGB	rgb(187, 145, 120)
HSL	hsl(22, 33%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(22, 36%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.5%, 35.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.49, 12.36, 19.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.49, 22.97, 57.45°)
OKLab	oklab(68.99% 0.0381 0.049)
OKLCH	oklch(68.99% 0.062 52.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.0100, 32.1735, 22.1844)
Luminance	0.3217 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9178 #78A2BB

analogous

#BB7880 #BB9178 #BBB278

triadic

#BB9178 #78BB91 #9178BB

tetradic

#BB9178 #80BB78 #78A2BB #B278BB

square

#BB9178 #80BB78 #78A2BB #B278BB

split-complementary

#BB9178 #78BBB2 #7880BB

monochromatic

#7B553E #A37152 #BB9178 #D0B2A1 #E4D3C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#BB9178 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.43

#BB9178 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9178

7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9178	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9178	1.00	2.82	7.43	7.43
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D9476

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69D78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C78A8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9178;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 145, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.062 52.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b19f',
    500: '#bb9178',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9178;
$custom-light: #d1b19f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9178",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.388,
    "s": 33.005,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68987,
    "c": 0.06209,
    "h": 52.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9178

secondary

#BBCBD4

accent

#81AC3A

background

#FCFAF9

surface

#F9F5F2

border

#D2CFCC

text

#14100E

muted

#827F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9178

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

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