#BB9D8A#BB9D8A

#BB9D8A is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.045 H 54.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9D8A
RGB	rgb(187, 157, 138)
HSL	hsl(23, 26%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(23, 26%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 26.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.91, 8.16, 14.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.91, 16.27, 59.90°)
OKLab	oklab(71.78% 0.0262 0.0363)
OKLCH	oklch(71.78% 0.045 54.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.1383, 36.5151, 29.1317)
Luminance	0.3651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9D8A #8AA8BB

analogous

#BB8A8F #BB9D8A #BBB58A

triadic

#BB9D8A #8ABB9D #9D8ABB

tetradic

#BB9D8A #8FBB8A #8AA8BB #B58ABB

square

#BB9D8A #8FBB8A #8AA8BB #B58ABB

split-complementary

#BB9D8A #8ABBB5 #8A8FBB

monochromatic

#805F4A #A57D63 #BB9D8A #D1BDB1 #E8DED7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#BB9D8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#BB9D8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9D8A

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9D8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9D8A	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)

#A59F89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACA58A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C49898

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9d8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 157, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.045 54.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0baac',
    500: '#bb9d8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9d8a;
$custom-light: #d0baac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9d8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.265,
    "s": 26.486,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71784,
    "c": 0.04472,
    "h": 54.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9D8A

secondary

#C8D2D9

accent

#7EA540

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F9F6F4

border

#D2D0CE

text

#141110

muted

#82807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9D8A

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

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