#BB987C#BB987C

#BB987C is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.057 H 60.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB987C
RGB	rgb(187, 152, 124)
HSL	hsl(27, 32%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(27, 34%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.7%, 33.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.34, 9.00, 19.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.34, 21.63, 65.40°)
OKLab	oklab(70.46% 0.0284 0.0498)
OKLCH	oklch(70.46% 0.057 60.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.3606, 34.4781, 23.8572)
Luminance	0.3448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB987C #7C9FBB

analogous

#BB7C7F #BB987C #BBB77C

triadic

#BB987C #7CBB98 #987CBB

tetradic

#BB987C #7FBB7C #7C9FBB #B77CBB

square

#BB987C #7FBB7C #7C9FBB #B77CBB

split-complementary

#BB987C #7CBBB7 #7C7FBB

monochromatic

#7C5B40 #A47955 #BB987C #D0B8A4 #E5D7CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#BB987C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#BB987C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB987C

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB987C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB987C	1.00	2.66	7.90	7.90
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39A7A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA27C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69190

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb987c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 152, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.057 60.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b6a2',
    500: '#bb987c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb987c;
$custom-light: #d0b6a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb987c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.667,
    "s": 31.658,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7046,
    "c": 0.05736,
    "h": 60.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB987C

secondary

#BECBD5

accent

#79AA3B

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F9F6F2

border

#D2D0CC

text

#14110F

muted

#82807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB987C

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

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