#BB9689#BB9689

#BB9689 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.049 H 40.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9689
RGB	rgb(187, 150, 137)
HSL	hsl(16, 27%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(16, 27%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.8%, 26.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.11, 11.87, 12.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.11, 16.95, 45.56°)
OKLab	oklab(70.37% 0.037 0.0313)
OKLCH	oklch(70.37% 0.049 40.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.9157, 34.1852, 28.3686)
Luminance	0.3418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9689 #89AEBB

analogous

#BB8995 #BB9689 #BBAF89

triadic

#BB9689 #89BB96 #9689BB

tetradic

#BB9689 #95BB89 #89AEBB #AF89BB

square

#BB9689 #95BB89 #89AEBB #AF89BB

split-complementary

#BB9689 #89BBAF #8995BB

monochromatic

#80584A #A57362 #BB9689 #D1B9B0 #E8DBD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#BB9689 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.84

#BB9689 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9689

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9689	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9689	1.00	2.68	7.84	7.84
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F9A88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A189

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C59192

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9689;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 150, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.049 40.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b5ab',
    500: '#bb9689',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9689;
$custom-light: #d0b5ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9689",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.6,
    "s": 26.882,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70371,
    "c": 0.0485,
    "h": 40.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9689

secondary

#C7D4D9

accent

#8BA540

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F9F6F4

border

#D2D0CE

text

#141110

muted

#82807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9689

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

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