#BB9761#BB9761

#BB9761 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.083 H 76.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9761
RGB	rgb(187, 151, 97)
HSL	hsl(36, 40%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(36, 48%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.3%, 48.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.61, 6.48, 33.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.61, 34.05, 79.03°)
OKLab	oklab(69.74% 0.0189 0.0811)
OKLCH	oklch(69.74% 0.083 76.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.7191, 33.5629, 16.0092)
Luminance	0.3356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9761 #6185BB

analogous

#BB6A61 #BB9761 #B2BB61

triadic

#BB9761 #61BB97 #9761BB

tetradic

#BB9761 #61BB6A #6185BB #BB61B2

square

#BB9761 #61BB6A #6185BB #BB61B2

split-complementary

#BB9761 #61B2BB #6A61BB

monochromatic

#715731 #9C7843 #BB9761 #CDB38C #E0CFB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#BB9761 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.71

#BB9761 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9761

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9761	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9761	1.00	2.72	7.71	7.71
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5985D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA062

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C88D8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9761;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 151, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.083 76.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b58f',
    500: '#bb9761',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9761;
$custom-light: #d1b58f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9761",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36,
    "s": 39.823,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69738,
    "c": 0.08328,
    "h": 76.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9761

secondary

#A9B8CF

accent

#88D058

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110C

muted

#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9761

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

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