#BB9D83#BB9D83

#BB9D83 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.051 H 62.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9D83
RGB	rgb(187, 157, 131)
HSL	hsl(28, 29%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(28, 30%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 29.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.76, 7.18, 17.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.76, 19.15, 67.96°)
OKLab	oklab(71.62% 0.0233 0.0453)
OKLCH	oklch(71.62% 0.051 62.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.6478, 36.3189, 26.5481)
Luminance	0.3632 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9D83 #83A1BB

analogous

#BB8385 #BB9D83 #BBB983

triadic

#BB9D83 #83BB9D #9D83BB

tetradic

#BB9D83 #85BB83 #83A1BB #B983BB

square

#BB9D83 #85BB83 #83A1BB #B983BB

split-complementary

#BB9D83 #83BBB9 #8385BB

monochromatic

#7E6045 #A57E5B #BB9D83 #D1BCAB #E6DBD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#BB9D83 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#BB9D83 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9D83

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9D83	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9D83	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)

#A79F81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA583

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C59796

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9d83;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 157, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.051 62.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b9a7',
    500: '#bb9d83',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9d83;
$custom-light: #d0b9a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9d83",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.857,
    "s": 29.167,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71619,
    "c": 0.05089,
    "h": 62.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9D83

secondary

#C3CED7

accent

#77A83E

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F9F6F4

border

#D2D0CE

text

#14110F

muted

#82807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9D83

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

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