#BB9577#BB9577

#BB9577 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.062 H 59.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9577
RGB	rgb(187, 149, 119)
HSL	hsl(26, 33%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(26, 36%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.3%, 36.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.48, 10.03, 21.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.48, 23.51, 64.76°)
OKLab	oklab(69.75% 0.0312 0.0536)
OKLCH	oklch(69.75% 0.062 59.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.5717, 33.3933, 22.0737)
Luminance	0.3339 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9577 #779DBB

analogous

#BB777B #BB9577 #BBB777

triadic

#BB9577 #77BB95 #9577BB

tetradic

#BB9577 #7BBB77 #779DBB #B777BB

square

#BB9577 #7BBB77 #779DBB #B777BB

split-complementary

#BB9577 #77BBB7 #777BBB

monochromatic

#7A583D #A37652 #BB9577 #CFB5A0 #E4D5C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#BB9577 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.68

#BB9577 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9577

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9577	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9577	1.00	2.73	7.68	7.68
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19775

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A077

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C68D8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9577;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 149, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.062 59.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b49e',
    500: '#bb9577',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9577;
$custom-light: #d1b49e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9577",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.471,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69754,
    "c": 0.062,
    "h": 59.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9577

secondary

#BAC8D4

accent

#9AC95E

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F9F6F2

border

#D2D0CC

text

#14110E

muted

#82807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9577

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

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