#BB998C#BB998C

#BB998C is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.045 H 42.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB998C
RGB	rgb(187, 153, 140)
HSL	hsl(17, 26%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(17, 25%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 25.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.94, 10.65, 11.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.94, 15.74, 47.43°)
OKLab	oklab(71.04% 0.0334 0.0301)
OKLCH	oklch(71.04% 0.045 42)
XYZ	xyz(36.6188, 35.2422, 29.6794)
Luminance	0.3524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB998C #8CAEBB

analogous

#BB8C97 #BB998C #BBB18C

triadic

#BB998C #8CBB99 #998CBB

tetradic

#BB998C #97BB8C #8CAEBB #B18CBB

square

#BB998C #97BB8C #8CAEBB #B18CBB

split-complementary

#BB998C #8CBBB1 #8C97BB

monochromatic

#815B4C #A47766 #BB998C #D2BBB2 #E8DDD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#BB998C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#BB998C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB998C

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB998C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB998C	1.00	2.61	8.05	8.05
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19C8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A38C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C49495

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb998c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 153, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.045 42.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b7ad',
    500: '#bb998c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb998c;
$custom-light: #d0b7ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb998c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.596,
    "s": 25.683,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71038,
    "c": 0.04494,
    "h": 42
  },
  "luminance": 0.35241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB998C

secondary

#C9D5DA

accent

#89A441

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F9F6F4

border

#D2D0CE

text

#141110

muted

#82807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB998C

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

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