#BB9979#BB9979

#BB9979 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.060 H 64.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9979
RGB	rgb(187, 153, 121)
HSL	hsl(29, 33%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(29, 35%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 35.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.54, 8.07, 21.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.54, 23.06, 69.50°)
OKLab	oklab(70.6% 0.0255 0.0544)
OKLCH	oklch(70.6% 0.06 64.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.3368, 34.7294, 22.9276)
Luminance	0.3473 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9979 #799BBB

analogous

#BB797A #BB9979 #BBBA79

triadic

#BB9979 #79BB99 #9979BB

tetradic

#BB9979 #7ABB79 #799BBB #BA79BB

square

#BB9979 #7ABB79 #799BBB #BA79BB

split-complementary

#BB9979 #79BBBA #797ABB

monochromatic

#7B5C3E #A47A53 #BB9979 #D0B8A2 #E4D7CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#BB9979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#BB9979 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9979

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9979	1.00	2.64	7.95	7.95
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49B77

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACA27A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69290

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 153, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.060 64.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b7a0',
    500: '#bb9979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9979;
$custom-light: #d0b7a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.091,
    "s": 32.673,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70595,
    "c": 0.06012,
    "h": 64.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9979

secondary

#BBC8D5

accent

#74AB3A

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F9F6F2

border

#D2D0CC

text

#14110E

muted

#82807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9979

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

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