#BB9686#BB9686

#BB9686 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.050 H 44.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9686
RGB	rgb(187, 150, 134)
HSL	hsl(18, 28%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(18, 28%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.8%, 28.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.04, 11.45, 13.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.04, 17.85, 50.09°)
OKLab	oklab(70.3% 0.0358 0.0353)
OKLCH	oklch(70.3% 0.05 44.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.7035, 34.1003, 27.2510)
Luminance	0.3410 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9686 #86ABBB

analogous

#BB8690 #BB9686 #BBB086

triadic

#BB9686 #86BB96 #9686BB

tetradic

#BB9686 #90BB86 #86ABBB #B086BB

square

#BB9686 #90BB86 #86ABBB #B086BB

split-complementary

#BB9686 #86BBB0 #8690BB

monochromatic

#7F5847 #A5745F #BB9686 #D1B8AD #E7DAD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#BB9686 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#BB9686 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9686

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9686	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9686	1.00	2.69	7.82	7.82
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F9985

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A186

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C59092

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9686;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 150, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.050 44.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b5a9',
    500: '#bb9686',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9686;
$custom-light: #d0b5a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9686",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.113,
    "s": 28.042,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70296,
    "c": 0.05023,
    "h": 44.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9686

secondary

#C5D2D8

accent

#87A73F

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F9F6F4

border

#D2D0CE

text

#14110F

muted

#82807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9686

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

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