#BB9986#BB9986

#BB9986 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.049 H 50.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9986
RGB	rgb(187, 153, 134)
HSL	hsl(22, 28%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(22, 28%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 28.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.80, 9.79, 14.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.80, 17.71, 56.42°)
OKLab	oklab(70.89% 0.0309 0.0379)
OKLCH	oklch(70.89% 0.049 50.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.1884, 35.0700, 27.4126)
Luminance	0.3507 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9986 #86A8BB

analogous

#BB868E #BB9986 #BBB386

triadic

#BB9986 #86BB99 #9986BB

tetradic

#BB9986 #8EBB86 #86A8BB #B386BB

square

#BB9986 #8EBB86 #86A8BB #B386BB

split-complementary

#BB9986 #86BBB3 #868EBB

monochromatic

#7F5B47 #A5785F #BB9986 #D1BAAD #E7DBD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#BB9986 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#BB9986 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9986

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9986	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9986	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)

#A29C85

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA386

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C59394

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9986;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 153, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.049 50.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b7a9',
    500: '#bb9986',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9986;
$custom-light: #d0b7a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9986",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.509,
    "s": 28.042,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7089,
    "c": 0.04893,
    "h": 50.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9986

secondary

#C5D1D8

accent

#81A73F

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F9F6F4

border

#D2D0CE

text

#14110F

muted

#82807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9986

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

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