#BB9983#BB9983

#BB9983 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.051 H 54.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9983
RGB	rgb(187, 153, 131)
HSL	hsl(24, 29%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(24, 30%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 29.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.74, 9.38, 16.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.74, 18.83, 60.13°)
OKLab	oklab(70.82% 0.0297 0.0418)
OKLCH	oklch(70.82% 0.051 54.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.9821, 34.9875, 26.3262)
Luminance	0.3499 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9983 #83A5BB

analogous

#BB8389 #BB9983 #BBB583

triadic

#BB9983 #83BB99 #9983BB

tetradic

#BB9983 #89BB83 #83A5BB #B583BB

square

#BB9983 #89BB83 #83A5BB #B583BB

split-complementary

#BB9983 #83BBB5 #8389BB

monochromatic

#7E5C45 #A5785B #BB9983 #D1BAAB #E6DAD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#BB9983 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#BB9983 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9983

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9983	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9983	1.00	2.63	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39B82

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA383

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C59393

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9983;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 153, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.051 54.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b7a7',
    500: '#bb9983',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9983;
$custom-light: #d0b7a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9983",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.571,
    "s": 29.167,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70818,
    "c": 0.05126,
    "h": 54.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9983

secondary

#C3CFD7

accent

#7EA83E

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F9F6F4

border

#D2D0CE

text

#14110F

muted

#82807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9983

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

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