#BB9581#BB9581

#BB9581 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.054 H 49.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9581
RGB	rgb(187, 149, 129)
HSL	hsl(21, 30%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(21, 31%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.3%, 31%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.68, 11.32, 15.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.68, 19.58, 54.70°)
OKLab	oklab(69.98% 0.0353 0.0409)
OKLCH	oklch(69.98% 0.054 49.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.2041, 33.6463, 25.4047)
Luminance	0.3365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9581 #81A7BB

analogous

#BB818A #BB9581 #BBB281

triadic

#BB9581 #81BB95 #9581BB

tetradic

#BB9581 #8ABB81 #81A7BB #B281BB

square

#BB9581 #8ABB81 #81A7BB #B281BB

split-complementary

#BB9581 #81BBB2 #818ABB

monochromatic

#7E5844 #A57459 #BB9581 #D0B6A9 #E6D8D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#BB9581 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.73

#BB9581 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9581

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9581	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9581	1.00	2.72	7.73	7.73
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F9880

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A081

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C68F90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9581;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 149, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.054 49.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b4a5',
    500: '#bb9581',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9581;
$custom-light: #d0b4a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9581",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.69,
    "s": 29.897,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69979,
    "c": 0.05405,
    "h": 49.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9581

secondary

#C1CFD7

accent

#83A93D

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F9F6F4

border

#D2D0CE

text

#14110F

muted

#82807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9581

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

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