#BB8976#BB8976

#BB8976 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.068 H 41.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8976
RGB	rgb(187, 137, 118)
HSL	hsl(17, 34%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(17, 37%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.7%, 36.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.45, 16.55, 17.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.45, 24.23, 46.92°)
OKLab	oklab(67.39% 0.0504 0.045)
OKLCH	oklch(67.39% 0.068 41.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.7103, 29.7661, 21.1586)
Luminance	0.2976 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8976 #76A8BB

analogous

#BB7685 #BB8976 #BBAC76

triadic

#BB8976 #76BB89 #8976BB

tetradic

#BB8976 #85BB76 #76A8BB #AC76BB

square

#BB8976 #85BB76 #76A8BB #AC76BB

split-complementary

#BB8976 #76BBAC #7685BB

monochromatic

#7A4D3D #A36751 #BB8976 #CFAC9F #E4CFC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#BB8976 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.95

#BB8976 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8976

6.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8976	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8976	1.00	3.02	6.95	6.95
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#958E75

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19876

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C78184

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8976;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 137, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.068 41.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ab9d',
    500: '#bb8976',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8976;
$custom-light: #d1ab9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8976",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.522,
    "s": 33.659,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67392,
    "c": 0.06757,
    "h": 41.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8976

secondary

#B9CCD4

accent

#ACCA5E

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF4F2

border

#D3CECC

text

#14100E

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8976

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

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