#BB9B89#BB9B89

#BB9B89 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.046 H 51.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9B89
RGB	rgb(187, 155, 137)
HSL	hsl(22, 27%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(22, 27%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 26.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.38, 9.12, 13.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.38, 16.61, 56.72°)
OKLab	oklab(71.36% 0.029 0.0358)
OKLCH	oklch(71.36% 0.046 51)
XYZ	xyz(36.7307, 35.8151, 28.6403)
Luminance	0.3581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9B89 #89A9BB

analogous

#BB8990 #BB9B89 #BBB489

triadic

#BB9B89 #89BB9B #9B89BB

tetradic

#BB9B89 #90BB89 #89A9BB #B489BB

square

#BB9B89 #90BB89 #89A9BB #B489BB

split-complementary

#BB9B89 #89BBB4 #8990BB

monochromatic

#805D4A #A57A62 #BB9B89 #D1BCB0 #E8DDD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#BB9B89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#BB9B89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9B89

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9B89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9B89	1.00	2.57	8.16	8.16
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49D88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA489

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C49696

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9b89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 155, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.046 51.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b8ab',
    500: '#bb9b89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9b89;
$custom-light: #d0b8ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9b89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.6,
    "s": 26.882,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7136,
    "c": 0.04603,
    "h": 51
  },
  "luminance": 0.35814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9B89

secondary

#C7D2D9

accent

#81A540

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F9F6F4

border

#D2D0CE

text

#141110

muted

#82807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9B89

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

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