#BB9D89#BB9D89

#BB9D89 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.046 H 55.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9D89
RGB	rgb(187, 157, 137)
HSL	hsl(24, 27%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(24, 27%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 26.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.89, 8.02, 14.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.89, 16.66, 61.23°)
OKLab	oklab(71.76% 0.0258 0.0376)
OKLCH	oklch(71.76% 0.046 55.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.0663, 36.4863, 28.7521)
Luminance	0.3649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9D89 #89A7BB

analogous

#BB898E #BB9D89 #BBB689

triadic

#BB9D89 #89BB9D #9D89BB

tetradic

#BB9D89 #8EBB89 #89A7BB #B689BB

square

#BB9D89 #8EBB89 #89A7BB #B689BB

split-complementary

#BB9D89 #89BBB6 #898EBB

monochromatic

#805F4A #A57D62 #BB9D89 #D1BDB0 #E8DDD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#BB9D89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#BB9D89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9D89

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9D89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9D89	1.00	2.53	8.30	8.30
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69F88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADA589

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C49897

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9d89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 157, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.046 55.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b9ab',
    500: '#bb9d89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9d89;
$custom-light: #d0b9ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9d89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24,
    "s": 26.882,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7176,
    "c": 0.04554,
    "h": 55.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9D89

secondary

#C7D2D9

accent

#7DA540

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F9F6F4

border

#D2D0CE

text

#141110

muted

#82807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9D89

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

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