#BB9B8A#BB9B8A

#BB9B8A is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.045 H 49.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9B8A
RGB	rgb(187, 155, 138)
HSL	hsl(21, 26%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(21, 26%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 26.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.40, 9.26, 13.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.40, 16.26, 55.28°)
OKLab	oklab(71.39% 0.0294 0.0345)
OKLCH	oklch(71.39% 0.045 49.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.8027, 35.8439, 29.0198)
Luminance	0.3584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9B8A #8AAABB

analogous

#BB8A91 #BB9B8A #BBB38A

triadic

#BB9B8A #8ABB9B #9B8ABB

tetradic

#BB9B8A #91BB8A #8AAABB #B38ABB

square

#BB9B8A #91BB8A #8AAABB #B38ABB

split-complementary

#BB9B8A #8ABBB3 #8A91BB

monochromatic

#805D4A #A57A63 #BB9B8A #D1BCB1 #E8DDD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#BB9B8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#BB9B8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9B8A

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9B8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9B8A	1.00	2.57	8.17	8.17
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39E89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA48A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C49696

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9b8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 155, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.045 49.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b8ac',
    500: '#bb9b8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9b8a;
$custom-light: #d0b8ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9b8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.816,
    "s": 26.486,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71385,
    "c": 0.04529,
    "h": 49.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9B8A

secondary

#C8D3D9

accent

#82A540

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F9F6F4

border

#D2D0CE

text

#141110

muted

#82807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9B8A

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

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