#BB9C8F#BB9C8F

#BB9C8F is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.041 H 44.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9C8F
RGB	rgb(187, 156, 143)
HSL	hsl(18, 24%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(18, 24%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.6%, 23.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.77, 9.44, 11.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.77, 14.57, 49.62°)
OKLab	oklab(71.71% 0.0298 0.0288)
OKLCH	oklch(71.71% 0.041 44)
XYZ	xyz(37.3402, 36.3262, 31.0260)
Luminance	0.3633 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9C8F #8FAEBB

analogous

#BB8F98 #BB9C8F #BBB28F

triadic

#BB9C8F #8FBB9C #9C8FBB

tetradic

#BB9C8F #98BB8F #8FAEBB #B28FBB

square

#BB9C8F #98BB8F #8FAEBB #B28FBB

split-complementary

#BB9C8F #8FBBB2 #8F98BB

monochromatic

#815D4E #A47A69 #BB9C8F #D2BEB5 #E9DFDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#BB9C8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#BB9C8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9C8F

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9C8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9C8F	1.00	2.54	8.26	8.26
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49F8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA58F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C49798

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9c8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 156, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.041 44.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b9af',
    500: '#bb9c8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9c8f;
$custom-light: #d0b9af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9c8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.727,
    "s": 24.444,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71709,
    "c": 0.04147,
    "h": 44
  },
  "luminance": 0.36325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9C8F

secondary

#CBD6DA

accent

#86A343

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F9F6F4

border

#D2D0CE

text

#141110

muted

#82807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9C8F

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

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