#BB9778#BB9778

#BB9778 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.061 H 62.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9778
RGB	rgb(187, 151, 120)
HSL	hsl(28, 33%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(28, 36%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.3%, 35.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.01, 9.05, 21.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.01, 23.26, 67.11°)
OKLab	oklab(70.17% 0.0284 0.054)
OKLCH	oklch(70.17% 0.061 62.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.9512, 34.0558, 22.4981)
Luminance	0.3405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9778 #789CBB

analogous

#BB787A #BB9778 #BBB878

triadic

#BB9778 #78BB97 #9778BB

tetradic

#BB9778 #7ABB78 #789CBB #B878BB

square

#BB9778 #7ABB78 #789CBB #B878BB

split-complementary

#BB9778 #78BBB8 #787ABB

monochromatic

#7B5A3E #A37852 #BB9778 #D0B6A1 #E4D6C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#BB9778 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.81

#BB9778 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9778

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9778	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9778	1.00	2.69	7.81	7.81
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29976

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA178

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6908F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9778;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 151, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.061 62.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b59f',
    500: '#bb9778',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9778;
$custom-light: #d0b59f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9778",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.761,
    "s": 33.005,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70173,
    "c": 0.061,
    "h": 62.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9778

secondary

#BBC8D4

accent

#77AC3A

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F9F6F2

border

#D2D0CC

text

#14110E

muted

#82807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9778

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

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