#BB9889#BB9889

#BB9889 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.047 H 44.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9889
RGB	rgb(187, 152, 137)
HSL	hsl(18, 27%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(18, 27%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.7%, 26.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.62, 10.77, 12.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.62, 16.74, 49.96°)
OKLab	oklab(70.77% 0.0338 0.0331)
OKLCH	oklch(70.77% 0.047 44.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.2376, 34.8289, 28.4759)
Luminance	0.3483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9889 #89ACBB

analogous

#BB8993 #BB9889 #BBB189

triadic

#BB9889 #89BB98 #9889BB

tetradic

#BB9889 #93BB89 #89ACBB #B189BB

square

#BB9889 #93BB89 #89ACBB #B189BB

split-complementary

#BB9889 #89BBB1 #8993BB

monochromatic

#805A4A #A57662 #BB9889 #D1BAB0 #E8DCD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#BB9889 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#BB9889 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9889

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9889	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9889	1.00	2.64	7.97	7.97
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19B88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A289

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C49394

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9889;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 152, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.047 44.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b6ab',
    500: '#bb9889',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9889;
$custom-light: #d0b6ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9889",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18,
    "s": 26.882,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70765,
    "c": 0.0473,
    "h": 44.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9889

secondary

#C7D3D9

accent

#87A540

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F9F6F4

border

#D2D0CE

text

#141110

muted

#82807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9889

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

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