#BB988C#BB988C

#BB988C is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.046 H 39.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB988C
RGB	rgb(187, 152, 140)
HSL	hsl(15, 26%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(15, 25%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.7%, 25.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.68, 11.20, 11.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.68, 15.87, 45.09°)
OKLab	oklab(70.84% 0.035 0.0292)
OKLCH	oklch(70.84% 0.046 39.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.4558, 34.9162, 29.6250)
Luminance	0.3492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB988C #8CAFBB

analogous

#BB8C98 #BB988C #BBB08C

triadic

#BB988C #8CBB98 #988CBB

tetradic

#BB988C #98BB8C #8CAFBB #B08CBB

square

#BB988C #98BB8C #8CAFBB #B08CBB

split-complementary

#BB988C #8CBBB0 #8C98BB

monochromatic

#81594C #A47666 #BB988C #D2BAB2 #E8DDD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#BB988C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.98

#BB988C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB988C

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB988C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB988C	1.00	2.63	7.98	7.98
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09B8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A28C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C49395

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb988c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 152, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.046 39.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b6ad',
    500: '#bb988c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb988c;
$custom-light: #d0b6ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb988c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.319,
    "s": 25.683,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7084,
    "c": 0.04556,
    "h": 39.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB988C

secondary

#C9D5DA

accent

#8BA441

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F9F6F4

border

#D2D0CE

text

#141110

muted

#82807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB988C

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

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