#BB9770#BB9770

#BB9770 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.069 H 68.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9770
RGB	rgb(187, 151, 112)
HSL	hsl(31, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(31, 40%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.3%, 40.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.86, 8.09, 25.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.86, 26.88, 72.49°)
OKLab	oklab(70.01% 0.025 0.0638)
OKLCH	oklch(70.01% 0.069 68.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.4858, 33.8696, 20.0471)
Luminance	0.3387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9770 #7094BB

analogous

#BB7170 #BB9770 #B9BB70

triadic

#BB9770 #70BB97 #9770BB

tetradic

#BB9770 #70BB71 #7094BB #BB70B9

square

#BB9770 #70BB71 #7094BB #BB70B9

split-complementary

#BB9770 #70B9BB #7170BB

monochromatic

#785A39 #A1794D #BB9770 #CFB599 #E2D3C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#BB9770 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#BB9770 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9770

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9770	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9770	1.00	2.70	7.77	7.77
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3996D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACA171

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C78F8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9770;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 151, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.069 68.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b599',
    500: '#bb9770',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9770;
$custom-light: #d1b599;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9770",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.2,
    "s": 35.545,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70009,
    "c": 0.06852,
    "h": 68.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9770

secondary

#B5C3D2

accent

#92CC5C

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF6F2

border

#D3D0CC

text

#14110E

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9770

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

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