#BB9D85#BB9D85

#BB9D85 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.049 H 60.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9D85
RGB	rgb(187, 157, 133)
HSL	hsl(27, 28%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(27, 29%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 28.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.80, 7.46, 16.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.80, 18.29, 65.94°)
OKLab	oklab(71.67% 0.0241 0.0427)
OKLCH	oklch(71.67% 0.049 60.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.7847, 36.3736, 27.2689)
Luminance	0.3637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9D85 #85A3BB

analogous

#BB8588 #BB9D85 #BBB885

triadic

#BB9D85 #85BB9D #9D85BB

tetradic

#BB9D85 #88BB85 #85A3BB #B885BB

square

#BB9D85 #88BB85 #85A3BB #B885BB

split-complementary

#BB9D85 #85BBB8 #8588BB

monochromatic

#7F6047 #A57D5E #BB9D85 #D1BDAC #E7DCD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#BB9D85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#BB9D85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9D85

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9D85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9D85	1.00	2.54	8.27	8.27
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69F83

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADA585

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C59796

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9d85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 157, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.049 60.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b9a8',
    500: '#bb9d85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9d85;
$custom-light: #d0b9a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9d85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.667,
    "s": 28.421,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71665,
    "c": 0.04904,
    "h": 60.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9D85

secondary

#C4CFD8

accent

#79A73E

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F9F6F4

border

#D2D0CE

text

#14110F

muted

#82807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9D85

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

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