#BB998B#BB998B

#BB998B is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.046 H 43.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB998B
RGB	rgb(187, 153, 139)
HSL	hsl(18, 26%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(18, 26%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 25.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.91, 10.50, 12.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.91, 16.04, 49.09°)
OKLab	oklab(71.01% 0.033 0.0314)
OKLCH	oklch(71.01% 0.046 43.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.5454, 35.2128, 29.2928)
Luminance	0.3521 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB998B #8BADBB

analogous

#BB8B95 #BB998B #BBB18B

triadic

#BB998B #8BBB99 #998BBB

tetradic

#BB998B #95BB8B #8BADBB #B18BBB

square

#BB998B #95BB8B #8BADBB #B18BBB

split-complementary

#BB998B #8BBBB1 #8B95BB

monochromatic

#805B4B #A47764 #BB998B #D2BBB2 #E8DDD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#BB998B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#BB998B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB998B

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB998B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB998B	1.00	2.61	8.04	8.04
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19C8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A38B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C49495

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb998b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 153, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.046 43.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b7ac',
    500: '#bb998b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb998b;
$custom-light: #d0b7ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb998b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.5,
    "s": 26.087,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71013,
    "c": 0.04553,
    "h": 43.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB998B

secondary

#C8D4D9

accent

#88A541

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F9F6F4

border

#D2D0CE

text

#141110

muted

#82807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB998B

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

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