#BB9766#BB9766

#BB9766 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.078 H 74.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9766
RGB	rgb(187, 151, 102)
HSL	hsl(35, 38%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(35, 45%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.3%, 45.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.69, 6.99, 30.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.69, 31.63, 77.23°)
OKLab	oklab(69.82% 0.021 0.0755)
OKLCH	oklch(69.82% 0.078 74.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.9596, 33.6591, 17.2759)
Luminance	0.3366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9766 #668ABB

analogous

#BB6D66 #BB9766 #B5BB66

triadic

#BB9766 #66BB97 #9766BB

tetradic

#BB9766 #66BB6D #668ABB #BB66B5

square

#BB9766 #66BB6D #668ABB #BB66B5

split-complementary

#BB9766 #66B5BB #6D66BB

monochromatic

#735833 #9E7946 #BB9766 #CEB490 #E1D1BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#BB9766 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.73

#BB9766 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9766

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9766	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9766	1.00	2.72	7.73	7.73
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59862

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADA067

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C88E8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9766;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 151, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.078 74.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b592',
    500: '#bb9766',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9766;
$custom-light: #d1b592;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9766",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.588,
    "s": 38.462,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69823,
    "c": 0.07835,
    "h": 74.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9766

secondary

#ADBCD0

accent

#8BCE59

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF6F1

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110D

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9766

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

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