#BB8974#BB8974

#BB8974 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.069 H 43.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8974
RGB	rgb(187, 137, 116)
HSL	hsl(18, 34%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(18, 38%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.7%, 38%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.41, 16.30, 18.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.41, 24.86, 49.02°)
OKLab	oklab(67.35% 0.0496 0.0475)
OKLCH	oklch(67.35% 0.069 43.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.5927, 29.7191, 20.5393)
Luminance	0.2972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8974 #74A6BB

analogous

#BB7483 #BB8974 #BBAD74

triadic

#BB8974 #74BB89 #8974BB

tetradic

#BB8974 #83BB74 #74A6BB #AD74BB

square

#BB8974 #83BB74 #74A6BB #AD74BB

split-complementary

#BB8974 #74BBAD #7483BB

monochromatic

#794E3B #A2684F #BB8974 #CFAC9D #E3CFC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#BB8974 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.94

#BB8974 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8974

6.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8974	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8974	1.00	3.02	6.94	6.94
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968E72

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19874

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C78183

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8974;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 137, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.069 43.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ab9c',
    500: '#bb8974',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8974;
$custom-light: #d1ab9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8974",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.746,
    "s": 34.3,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67347,
    "c": 0.0687,
    "h": 43.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8974

secondary

#B8CBD3

accent

#AACA5D

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF4F2

border

#D3CECC

text

#14100E

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8974

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

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