#BB9879#BB9879

#BB9879 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.060 H 63.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9879
RGB	rgb(187, 152, 121)
HSL	hsl(28, 33%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(28, 35%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.7%, 35.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.28, 8.62, 21.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.28, 22.93, 67.91°)
OKLab	oklab(70.4% 0.0271 0.0536)
OKLCH	oklch(70.4% 0.06 63.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.1738, 34.4034, 22.8732)
Luminance	0.3440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9879 #799CBB

analogous

#BB797B #BB9879 #BBB979

triadic

#BB9879 #79BB98 #9879BB

tetradic

#BB9879 #7BBB79 #799CBB #B979BB

square

#BB9879 #7BBB79 #799CBB #B979BB

split-complementary

#BB9879 #79BBB9 #797BBB

monochromatic

#7B5B3E #A47953 #BB9879 #D0B7A2 #E4D6CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#BB9879 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#BB9879 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9879

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9879	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9879	1.00	2.66	7.88	7.88
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39A77

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA279

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69190

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9879;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 152, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.060 63.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b6a0',
    500: '#bb9879',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9879;
$custom-light: #d0b6a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9879",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.182,
    "s": 32.673,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70395,
    "c": 0.06008,
    "h": 63.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9879

secondary

#BBC9D5

accent

#76AB3A

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F9F6F2

border

#D2D0CC

text

#14110E

muted

#82807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9879

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

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