#BB9C8B#BB9C8B

#BB9C8B is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.044 H 50.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9C8B
RGB	rgb(187, 156, 139)
HSL	hsl(21, 26%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(21, 26%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.6%, 25.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.68, 8.85, 13.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.68, 15.89, 56.14°)
OKLab	oklab(71.61% 0.0282 0.0341)
OKLCH	oklch(71.61% 0.044 50.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.0426, 36.2072, 29.4585)
Luminance	0.3621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9C8B #8BAABB

analogous

#BB8B92 #BB9C8B #BBB48B

triadic

#BB9C8B #8BBB9C #9C8BBB

tetradic

#BB9C8B #92BB8B #8BAABB #B48BBB

square

#BB9C8B #92BB8B #8BAABB #B48BBB

split-complementary

#BB9C8B #8BBBB4 #8B92BB

monochromatic

#805E4B #A47B64 #BB9C8B #D2BDB2 #E8DED8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#BB9C8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#BB9C8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9C8B

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9C8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9C8B	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)

#A49E8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA58B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C49797

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9c8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 156, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.044 50.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b9ac',
    500: '#bb9c8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9c8b;
$custom-light: #d0b9ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9c8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.25,
    "s": 26.087,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71609,
    "c": 0.04421,
    "h": 50.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9C8B

secondary

#C8D3D9

accent

#81A541

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F9F6F4

border

#D2D0CE

text

#141110

muted

#82807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9C8B

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

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