#BB9985#BB9985

#BB9985 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.050 H 52.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9985
RGB	rgb(187, 153, 133)
HSL	hsl(22, 28%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(22, 29%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 28.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.78, 9.66, 15.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.78, 18.07, 57.71°)
OKLab	oklab(70.87% 0.0305 0.0392)
OKLCH	oklch(70.87% 0.05 52.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.1190, 35.0422, 27.0470)
Luminance	0.3504 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9985 #85A7BB

analogous

#BB858C #BB9985 #BBB485

triadic

#BB9985 #85BB99 #9985BB

tetradic

#BB9985 #8CBB85 #85A7BB #B485BB

square

#BB9985 #8CBB85 #85A7BB #B485BB

split-complementary

#BB9985 #85BBB4 #858CBB

monochromatic

#7F5C47 #A5785E #BB9985 #D1BAAC #E7DBD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#BB9985 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#BB9985 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9985

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9985	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9985	1.00	2.62	8.01	8.01
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29C84

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA385

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C59393

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9985;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 153, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.050 52.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b7a8',
    500: '#bb9985',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9985;
$custom-light: #d0b7a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9985",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.222,
    "s": 28.421,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70866,
    "c": 0.04969,
    "h": 52.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9985

secondary

#C4D0D8

accent

#80A73E

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F9F6F4

border

#D2D0CE

text

#14110F

muted

#82807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9985

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

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