#BB978A#BB978A

#BB978A is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.047 H 40.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB978A
RGB	rgb(187, 151, 138)
HSL	hsl(16, 26%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(16, 26%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.3%, 26.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.38, 11.46, 11.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.38, 16.55, 46.15°)
OKLab	oklab(70.59% 0.0358 0.0309)
OKLCH	oklch(70.59% 0.047 40.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.1480, 34.5345, 28.8016)
Luminance	0.3453 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB978A #8AAEBB

analogous

#BB8A95 #BB978A #BBAF8A

triadic

#BB978A #8ABB97 #978ABB

tetradic

#BB978A #95BB8A #8AAEBB #AF8ABB

square

#BB978A #95BB8A #8AAEBB #AF8ABB

split-complementary

#BB978A #8ABBAF #8A95BB

monochromatic

#80594A #A57563 #BB978A #D1B9B1 #E8DCD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#BB978A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.91

#BB978A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB978A

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB978A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB978A	1.00	2.66	7.91	7.91
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09A89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A28A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C49293

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb978a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 151, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.047 40.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b5ac',
    500: '#bb978a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb978a;
$custom-light: #d0b5ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb978a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.918,
    "s": 26.486,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70592,
    "c": 0.0473,
    "h": 40.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB978A

secondary

#C8D4D9

accent

#8AA540

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F9F6F4

border

#D2D0CE

text

#141110

muted

#82807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB978A

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

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