#BB9868#BB9868

#BB9868 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.077 H 74.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9868
RGB	rgb(187, 152, 104)
HSL	hsl(35, 38%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(35, 44%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.7%, 44.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.98, 6.65, 30.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.98, 30.87, 77.56°)
OKLab	oklab(70.06% 0.0201 0.074)
OKLCH	oklch(70.06% 0.077 74.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.2216, 34.0225, 17.8585)
Luminance	0.3402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9868 #688BBB

analogous

#BB6F68 #BB9868 #B5BB68

triadic

#BB9868 #68BB98 #9868BB

tetradic

#BB9868 #68BB6F #688BBB #BB68B5

square

#BB9868 #68BB6F #688BBB #BB68B5

split-complementary

#BB9868 #68B5BB #6F68BB

monochromatic

#745934 #9E7A47 #BB9868 #CEB592 #E1D2BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#BB9868 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#BB9868 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9868

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9868	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9868	1.00	2.69	7.80	7.80
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59964

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA169

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C88F8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9868;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 152, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.077 74.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b693',
    500: '#bb9868',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9868;
$custom-light: #d1b693;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9868",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.699,
    "s": 37.9,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7006,
    "c": 0.07666,
    "h": 74.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9868

secondary

#AFBDD0

accent

#8BCE5A

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF6F1

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110D

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9868

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

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