#BB978B#BB978B

#BB978B is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.047 H 39.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB978B
RGB	rgb(187, 151, 139)
HSL	hsl(15, 26%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(15, 26%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.3%, 25.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.41, 11.61, 11.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.41, 16.27, 44.50°)
OKLab	oklab(70.62% 0.0362 0.0296)
OKLCH	oklch(70.62% 0.047 39.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.2208, 34.5636, 29.1846)
Luminance	0.3456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB978B #8BAFBB

analogous

#BB8B97 #BB978B #BBAF8B

triadic

#BB978B #8BBB97 #978BBB

tetradic

#BB978B #97BB8B #8BAFBB #AF8BBB

square

#BB978B #97BB8B #8BAFBB #AF8BBB

split-complementary

#BB978B #8BBBAF #8B97BB

monochromatic

#80594B #A47464 #BB978B #D2BAB2 #E8DCD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#BB978B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.91

#BB978B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB978B

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB978B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB978B	1.00	2.65	7.91	7.91
#FFFFFF	2.65	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)

#9F9B8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A28B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C49294

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb978b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 151, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.047 39.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b5ac',
    500: '#bb978b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb978b;
$custom-light: #d0b5ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb978b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15,
    "s": 26.087,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70618,
    "c": 0.04676,
    "h": 39.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB978B

secondary

#C8D5D9

accent

#8CA541

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F9F6F4

border

#D2D0CE

text

#141110

muted

#82807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB978B

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

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