#BB9C8A#BB9C8A

#BB9C8A is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.045 H 51.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9C8A
RGB	rgb(187, 156, 138)
HSL	hsl(22, 26%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(22, 26%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.6%, 26.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.66, 8.71, 13.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.66, 16.25, 57.59°)
OKLab	oklab(71.58% 0.0278 0.0354)
OKLCH	oklch(71.58% 0.045 51.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.9698, 36.1781, 29.0755)
Luminance	0.3618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9C8A #8AA9BB

analogous

#BB8A90 #BB9C8A #BBB48A

triadic

#BB9C8A #8ABB9C #9C8ABB

tetradic

#BB9C8A #90BB8A #8AA9BB #B48ABB

square

#BB9C8A #90BB8A #8AA9BB #B48ABB

split-complementary

#BB9C8A #8ABBB4 #8A90BB

monochromatic

#805E4A #A57B63 #BB9C8A #D1BDB1 #E8DDD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#BB9C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#BB9C8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9C8A

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9C8A	1.00	2.55	8.24	8.24
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49E89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACA58A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C49797

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 156, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.045 51.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b9ac',
    500: '#bb9c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9c8a;
$custom-light: #d0b9ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.041,
    "s": 26.486,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71584,
    "c": 0.04497,
    "h": 51.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9C8A

secondary

#C8D3D9

accent

#80A540

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F9F6F4

border

#D2D0CE

text

#141110

muted

#82807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9C8A

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

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