#BB987B#BB987B

#BB987B is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.058 H 61.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB987B
RGB	rgb(187, 152, 123)
HSL	hsl(27, 32%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(27, 34%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.7%, 34.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.32, 8.88, 20.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.32, 22.06, 66.27°)
OKLab	oklab(70.44% 0.028 0.0511)
OKLCH	oklch(70.44% 0.058 61.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.2977, 34.4530, 23.5259)
Luminance	0.3445 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB987B #7B9EBB

analogous

#BB7B7E #BB987B #BBB87B

triadic

#BB987B #7BBB98 #987BBB

tetradic

#BB987B #7EBB7B #7B9EBB #B87BBB

square

#BB987B #7EBB7B #7B9EBB #B87BBB

split-complementary

#BB987B #7BBBB8 #7B7EBB

monochromatic

#7C5B40 #A47955 #BB987B #D0B8A3 #E5D7CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#BB987B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#BB987B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB987B

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB987B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB987B	1.00	2.66	7.89	7.89
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39A79

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA27B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69190

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb987b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 152, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.058 61.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b6a1',
    500: '#bb987b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb987b;
$custom-light: #d0b6a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb987b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.188,
    "s": 32,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70438,
    "c": 0.05826,
    "h": 61.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB987B

secondary

#BDCAD5

accent

#78AB3B

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F9F6F2

border

#D2D0CC

text

#14110F

muted

#82807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB987B

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

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