#BB998D#BB998D

#BB998D is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.044 H 40.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB998D
RGB	rgb(187, 153, 141)
HSL	hsl(16, 25%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(16, 25%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 24.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.96, 10.79, 11.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.96, 15.46, 45.72°)
OKLab	oklab(71.06% 0.0338 0.0287)
OKLCH	oklch(71.06% 0.044 40.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.6928, 35.2718, 30.0695)
Luminance	0.3527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB998D #8DAFBB

analogous

#BB8D98 #BB998D #BBB08D

triadic

#BB998D #8DBB99 #998DBB

tetradic

#BB998D #98BB8D #8DAFBB #B08DBB

square

#BB998D #98BB8D #8DAFBB #B08DBB

split-complementary

#BB998D #8DBBB0 #8D98BB

monochromatic

#815A4D #A47767 #BB998D #D2BBB3 #E9DEDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#BB998D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#BB998D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB998D

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB998D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB998D	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)

#A19C8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A38D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C49496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb998d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 153, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.044 40.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b7ae',
    500: '#bb998d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb998d;
$custom-light: #d0b7ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb998d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.652,
    "s": 25.275,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71063,
    "c": 0.04437,
    "h": 40.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB998D

secondary

#CAD6DA

accent

#8AA442

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F9F6F4

border

#D2D0CE

text

#141110

muted

#82807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB998D

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

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