#BB9481#BB9481

#BB9481 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.054 H 47.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9481
RGB	rgb(187, 148, 129)
HSL	hsl(20, 30%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(20, 31%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.9%, 31%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.43, 11.87, 15.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.43, 19.62, 52.79°)
OKLab	oklab(69.78% 0.0369 0.04)
OKLCH	oklch(69.78% 0.054 47.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.0466, 33.3312, 25.3522)
Luminance	0.3333 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9481 #81A8BB

analogous

#BB818B #BB9481 #BBB181

triadic

#BB9481 #81BB94 #9481BB

tetradic

#BB9481 #8BBB81 #81A8BB #B181BB

square

#BB9481 #8BBB81 #81A8BB #B181BB

split-complementary

#BB9481 #81BBB1 #818BBB

monochromatic

#7E5744 #A57259 #BB9481 #D0B6A9 #E6D8D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#BB9481 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.67

#BB9481 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9481

7.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9481	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9481	1.00	2.74	7.67	7.67
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E9780

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79F81

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C68E8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9481;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 148, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.054 47.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b3a5',
    500: '#bb9481',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9481;
$custom-light: #d0b3a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9481",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.655,
    "s": 29.897,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69782,
    "c": 0.05448,
    "h": 47.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9481

secondary

#C1D0D7

accent

#85A93D

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F9F6F4

border

#D2D0CE

text

#14110F

muted

#82807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9481

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

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