#BB9281#BB9281

#BB9281 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.056 H 43.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9281
RGB	rgb(187, 146, 129)
HSL	hsl(18, 30%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(18, 31%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.9%, 31%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.92, 12.97, 14.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.92, 19.78, 49.01°)
OKLab	oklab(69.39% 0.0402 0.0383)
OKLCH	oklch(69.39% 0.056 43.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.7356, 32.7092, 25.2485)
Luminance	0.3271 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9281 #81AABB

analogous

#BB818D #BB9281 #BBAF81

triadic

#BB9281 #81BB92 #9281BB

tetradic

#BB9281 #8DBB81 #81AABB #AF81BB

square

#BB9281 #8DBB81 #81AABB #AF81BB

split-complementary

#BB9281 #81BBAF #818DBB

monochromatic

#7E5544 #A57059 #BB9281 #D0B4A9 #E6D7D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#BB9281 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.54

#BB9281 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9281

7.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9281	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9281	1.00	2.78	7.54	7.54
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C9680

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69E81

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C68C8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9281;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 146, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.056 43.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b2a5',
    500: '#bb9281',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9281;
$custom-light: #d0b2a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9281",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.586,
    "s": 29.897,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6939,
    "c": 0.05553,
    "h": 43.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9281

secondary

#C1D0D7

accent

#89A93D

background

#FCFAFA

surface

#F9F5F4

border

#D2CFCE

text

#14100F

muted

#827F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9281

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

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