#BB8977#BB8977

#BB8977 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.067 H 40.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8977
RGB	rgb(187, 137, 119)
HSL	hsl(16, 33%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(16, 36%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.7%, 36.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.47, 16.67, 17.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.47, 23.92, 45.83°)
OKLab	oklab(67.42% 0.0509 0.0437)
OKLCH	oklch(67.42% 0.067 40.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.7700, 29.7900, 21.4732)
Luminance	0.2979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8977 #77A9BB

analogous

#BB7787 #BB8977 #BBAB77

triadic

#BB8977 #77BB89 #8977BB

tetradic

#BB8977 #87BB77 #77A9BB #AB77BB

square

#BB8977 #87BB77 #77A9BB #AB77BB

split-complementary

#BB8977 #77BBAB #7787BB

monochromatic

#7A4D3D #A36752 #BB8977 #CFACA0 #E4D0C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#BB8977 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.96

#BB8977 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8977

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8977	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8977	1.00	3.02	6.96	6.96
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#958E76

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19877

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C78184

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8977;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 137, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.067 40.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ab9e',
    500: '#bb8977',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8977;
$custom-light: #d1ab9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8977",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.882,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67415,
    "c": 0.06703,
    "h": 40.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8977

secondary

#BACDD4

accent

#ADC95E

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF4F2

border

#D3CECC

text

#14100E

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8977

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

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