#BB8970#BB8970

#BB8970 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.071 H 47.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8970
RGB	rgb(187, 137, 112)
HSL	hsl(20, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(20, 40%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.7%, 40.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.33, 15.83, 20.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.33, 26.22, 52.87°)
OKLab	oklab(67.26% 0.048 0.0526)
OKLCH	oklch(67.26% 0.071 47.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.3650, 29.6280, 19.3402)
Luminance	0.2963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8970 #70A2BB

analogous

#BB707C #BB8970 #BBAE70

triadic

#BB8970 #70BB89 #8970BB

tetradic

#BB8970 #7CBB70 #70A2BB #AE70BB

square

#BB8970 #7CBB70 #70A2BB #AE70BB

split-complementary

#BB8970 #70BBAE #707CBB

monochromatic

#784E39 #A1694D #BB8970 #CFAB99 #E2CDC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#BB8970 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.93

#BB8970 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8970

6.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8970	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8970	1.00	3.03	6.93	6.93
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968E6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29870

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C88182

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8970;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 137, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.071 47.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ab99',
    500: '#bb8970',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8970;
$custom-light: #d1ab99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8970",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20,
    "s": 35.545,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67259,
    "c": 0.07116,
    "h": 47.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8970

secondary

#B5C8D2

accent

#A6CC5C

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF4F2

border

#D3CECC

text

#14100E

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8970

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

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