#BB9C8D#BB9C8D

#BB9C8D is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.043 H 47.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9C8D
RGB	rgb(187, 156, 141)
HSL	hsl(20, 25%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(20, 25%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.6%, 24.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.72, 9.14, 12.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.72, 15.20, 53.03°)
OKLab	oklab(71.66% 0.029 0.0314)
OKLCH	oklch(71.66% 0.043 47.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.1900, 36.2662, 30.2352)
Luminance	0.3626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9C8D #8DACBB

analogous

#BB8D95 #BB9C8D #BBB38D

triadic

#BB9C8D #8DBB9C #9C8DBB

tetradic

#BB9C8D #95BB8D #8DACBB #B38DBB

square

#BB9C8D #95BB8D #8DACBB #B38DBB

split-complementary

#BB9C8D #8DBBB3 #8D95BB

monochromatic

#815E4D #A47B67 #BB9C8D #D2BDB3 #E9DFDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#BB9C8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#BB9C8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9C8D

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9C8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9C8D	1.00	2.54	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49F8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA58D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C49798

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9c8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 156, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.043 47.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b9ae',
    500: '#bb9c8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9c8d;
$custom-light: #d0b9ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9c8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.565,
    "s": 25.275,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71659,
    "c": 0.04278,
    "h": 47.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9C8D

secondary

#CAD5DA

accent

#84A442

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F9F6F4

border

#D2D0CE

text

#141110

muted

#82807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9C8D

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

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