#BB9D8D#BB9D8D

#BB9D8D is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.042 H 49.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9D8D
RGB	rgb(187, 157, 141)
HSL	hsl(21, 25%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(21, 25%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 24.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.98, 8.59, 12.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.98, 15.17, 55.50°)
OKLab	oklab(71.86% 0.0274 0.0323)
OKLCH	oklch(71.86% 0.042 49.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.3585, 36.6032, 30.2914)
Luminance	0.3660 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9D8D #8DABBB

analogous

#BB8D94 #BB9D8D #BBB48D

triadic

#BB9D8D #8DBB9D #9D8DBB

tetradic

#BB9D8D #94BB8D #8DABBB #B48DBB

square

#BB9D8D #94BB8D #8DABBB #B48DBB

split-complementary

#BB9D8D #8DBBB4 #8D94BB

monochromatic

#815F4D #A47C67 #BB9D8D #D2BEB3 #E9DFDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#BB9D8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#BB9D8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9D8D

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9D8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9D8D	1.00	2.52	8.32	8.32
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59F8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACA58D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C49899

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9d8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 157, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.042 49.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0baae',
    500: '#bb9d8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9d8d;
$custom-light: #d0baae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9d8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.87,
    "s": 25.275,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71858,
    "c": 0.04241,
    "h": 49.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9D8D

secondary

#CAD4DA

accent

#82A442

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F9F6F4

border

#D2D0CE

text

#141110

muted

#82807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9D8D

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

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