#BB9E89#BB9E89

#BB9E89 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.045 H 57.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9E89
RGB	rgb(187, 158, 137)
HSL	hsl(25, 27%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(25, 27%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 26.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.15, 7.47, 14.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.15, 16.72, 63.47°)
OKLab	oklab(71.96% 0.0242 0.0384)
OKLCH	oklch(71.96% 0.045 57.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.2362, 36.8260, 28.8088)
Luminance	0.3683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9E89 #89A6BB

analogous

#BB898D #BB9E89 #BBB789

triadic

#BB9E89 #89BB9E #9E89BB

tetradic

#BB9E89 #8DBB89 #89A6BB #B789BB

square

#BB9E89 #8DBB89 #89A6BB #B789BB

split-complementary

#BB9E89 #89BBB7 #898DBB

monochromatic

#80604A #A57E62 #BB9E89 #D1BEB0 #E8DED7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#BB9E89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#BB9E89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9E89

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9E89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9E89	1.00	2.51	8.37	8.37
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7A088

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADA689

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C49898

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9e89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 158, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.045 57.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0baab',
    500: '#bb9e89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9e89;
$custom-light: #d0baab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9e89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.2,
    "s": 26.882,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7196,
    "c": 0.04541,
    "h": 57.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9E89

secondary

#C7D1D9

accent

#7BA540

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F9F6F4

border

#D2D0CE

text

#141110

muted

#82807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9E89

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

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