#BB9486#BB9486

#BB9486 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.051 H 40.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9486
RGB	rgb(187, 148, 134)
HSL	hsl(16, 28%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(16, 28%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.9%, 28.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.54, 12.55, 12.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.54, 18.06, 45.96°)
OKLab	oklab(69.9% 0.039 0.0335)
OKLCH	oklch(69.9% 0.051 40.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.3871, 33.4674, 27.1455)
Luminance	0.3347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9486 #86ADBB

analogous

#BB8692 #BB9486 #BBAE86

triadic

#BB9486 #86BB94 #9486BB

tetradic

#BB9486 #92BB86 #86ADBB #AE86BB

square

#BB9486 #92BB86 #86ADBB #AE86BB

split-complementary

#BB9486 #86BBAE #8692BB

monochromatic

#7F5647 #A5715F #BB9486 #D1B7AD #E7D9D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#BB9486 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.69

#BB9486 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9486

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9486	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9486	1.00	2.73	7.69	7.69
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D9885

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A086

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C58E90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9486;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 148, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.051 40.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b3a9',
    500: '#bb9486',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9486;
$custom-light: #d0b3a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9486",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.849,
    "s": 28.042,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69903,
    "c": 0.05143,
    "h": 40.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9486

secondary

#C5D3D8

accent

#8BA73F

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F9F6F4

border

#D2D0CE

text

#14110F

muted

#82807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9486

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

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