#BB9C87#BB9C87

#BB9C87 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.047 H 56.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9C87
RGB	rgb(187, 156, 135)
HSL	hsl(24, 28%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(24, 28%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.6%, 27.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.59, 8.28, 15.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.59, 17.39, 61.56°)
OKLab	oklab(71.51% 0.0265 0.0393)
OKLCH	oklch(71.51% 0.047 56)
XYZ	xyz(36.7557, 36.0924, 27.9474)
Luminance	0.3609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9C87 #87A6BB

analogous

#BB878C #BB9C87 #BBB687

triadic

#BB9C87 #87BB9C #9C87BB

tetradic

#BB9C87 #8CBB87 #87A6BB #B687BB

square

#BB9C87 #8CBB87 #87A6BB #B687BB

split-complementary

#BB9C87 #87BBB6 #878CBB

monochromatic

#7F5E48 #A57C60 #BB9C87 #D1BCAE #E7DCD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#BB9C87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#BB9C87 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9C87

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9C87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9C87	1.00	2.56	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59E86

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACA587

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C49696

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9c87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 156, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.047 56.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b9aa',
    500: '#bb9c87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9c87;
$custom-light: #d0b9aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9c87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.231,
    "s": 27.66,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71512,
    "c": 0.04738,
    "h": 56
  },
  "luminance": 0.36091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9C87

secondary

#C6D1D8

accent

#7DA63F

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F9F6F4

border

#D2D0CE

text

#141110

muted

#82807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9C87

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

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