#BB9480#BB9480

#BB9480 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.055 H 48.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9480
RGB	rgb(187, 148, 128)
HSL	hsl(20, 30%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(20, 32%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.9%, 31.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.41, 11.73, 16.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.41, 19.97, 54.01°)
OKLab	oklab(69.76% 0.0365 0.0413)
OKLCH	oklch(69.76% 0.055 48.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.9804, 33.3048, 25.0038)
Luminance	0.3330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9480 #80A7BB

analogous

#BB808A #BB9480 #BBB280

triadic

#BB9480 #80BB94 #9480BB

tetradic

#BB9480 #8ABB80 #80A7BB #B280BB

square

#BB9480 #8ABB80 #80A7BB #B280BB

split-complementary

#BB9480 #80BBB2 #808ABB

monochromatic

#7D5743 #A57359 #BB9480 #D0B6A8 #E6D7D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#BB9480 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.66

#BB9480 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9480

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9480	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9480	1.00	2.74	7.66	7.66
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E977F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79F80

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C68E8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9480;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 148, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.055 48.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b3a5',
    500: '#bb9480',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9480;
$custom-light: #d0b3a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9480",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.339,
    "s": 30.256,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69758,
    "c": 0.05517,
    "h": 48.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9480

secondary

#C0CFD6

accent

#84A93D

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F9F6F4

border

#D2D0CE

text

#14110F

muted

#82807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9480

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

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