#BB9487#BB9487

#BB9487 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.051 H 39.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9487
RGB	rgb(187, 148, 135)
HSL	hsl(15, 28%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(15, 28%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.9%, 27.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.56, 12.69, 12.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.56, 17.78, 44.45°)
OKLab	oklab(69.93% 0.0394 0.0322)
OKLCH	oklch(69.93% 0.051 39.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.4572, 33.4955, 27.5146)
Luminance	0.3349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9487 #87AEBB

analogous

#BB8794 #BB9487 #BBAE87

triadic

#BB9487 #87BB94 #9487BB

tetradic

#BB9487 #94BB87 #87AEBB #AE87BB

square

#BB9487 #94BB87 #87AEBB #AE87BB

split-complementary

#BB9487 #87BBAE #8794BB

monochromatic

#7F5648 #A57160 #BB9487 #D1B7AE #E7DAD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#BB9487 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#BB9487 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9487

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9487	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9487	1.00	2.73	7.70	7.70
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D9886

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A087

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C58E90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9487;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 148, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.051 39.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b3aa',
    500: '#bb9487',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9487;
$custom-light: #d0b3aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9487",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15,
    "s": 27.66,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69928,
    "c": 0.0509,
    "h": 39.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9487

secondary

#C6D4D8

accent

#8DA63F

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F9F6F4

border

#D2D0CE

text

#141110

muted

#82807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9487

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

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