#BB9586#BB9586

#BB9586 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.051 H 42.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9586
RGB	rgb(187, 149, 134)
HSL	hsl(17, 28%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(17, 28%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.3%, 28.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.79, 12.00, 13.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.79, 17.94, 48.02°)
OKLab	oklab(70.1% 0.0374 0.0344)
OKLCH	oklch(70.1% 0.051 42.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.5446, 33.7825, 27.1980)
Luminance	0.3378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9586 #86ACBB

analogous

#BB8691 #BB9586 #BBAF86

triadic

#BB9586 #86BB95 #9586BB

tetradic

#BB9586 #91BB86 #86ACBB #AF86BB

square

#BB9586 #91BB86 #86ACBB #AF86BB

split-complementary

#BB9586 #86BBAF #8691BB

monochromatic

#7F5747 #A5735F #BB9586 #D1B7AD #E7DAD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#BB9586 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.76

#BB9586 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9586

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9586	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9586	1.00	2.71	7.76	7.76
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E9985

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A086

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C58F91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9586;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 149, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.051 42.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b4a9',
    500: '#bb9586',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9586;
$custom-light: #d0b4a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9586",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.981,
    "s": 28.042,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70099,
    "c": 0.05081,
    "h": 42.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9586

secondary

#C5D3D8

accent

#89A73F

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F9F6F4

border

#D2D0CE

text

#14110F

muted

#82807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9586

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

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