#BB9474#BB9474

#BB9474 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.065 H 60.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9474
RGB	rgb(187, 148, 116)
HSL	hsl(27, 34%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(27, 38%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.9%, 38%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.17, 10.21, 22.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.17, 24.71, 65.59°)
OKLab	oklab(69.49% 0.0316 0.0565)
OKLCH	oklch(69.49% 0.065 60.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.2368, 33.0073, 21.0873)
Luminance	0.3301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9474 #749BBB

analogous

#BB7478 #BB9474 #BBB874

triadic

#BB9474 #74BB94 #9474BB

tetradic

#BB9474 #78BB74 #749BBB #B874BB

square

#BB9474 #78BB74 #749BBB #B874BB

split-complementary

#BB9474 #74BBB8 #7478BB

monochromatic

#79573B #A2754F #BB9474 #CFB49D #E3D3C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#BB9474 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.60

#BB9474 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9474

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9474	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9474	1.00	2.76	7.60	7.60
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09672

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99F74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C78C8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9474;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 148, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.065 60.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b39c',
    500: '#bb9474',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9474;
$custom-light: #d1b39c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9474",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.042,
    "s": 34.3,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69492,
    "c": 0.06471,
    "h": 60.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9474

secondary

#B8C7D3

accent

#99CA5D

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF6F2

border

#D3D0CC

text

#14110E

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9474

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

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