#BB9772#BB9772

#BB9772 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.067 H 67.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9772
RGB	rgb(187, 151, 114)
HSL	hsl(30, 35%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(30, 39%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.3%, 39%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.89, 8.32, 24.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.89, 25.95, 71.30°)
OKLab	oklab(70.05% 0.0259 0.0614)
OKLCH	oklch(70.05% 0.067 67.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.5984, 33.9146, 20.6401)
Luminance	0.3391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9772 #7296BB

analogous

#BB7372 #BB9772 #BBBB72

triadic

#BB9772 #72BB97 #9772BB

tetradic

#BB9772 #72BB73 #7296BB #BB72BB

square

#BB9772 #72BB73 #7296BB #BB72BB

split-complementary

#BB9772 #72BBBB #7372BB

monochromatic

#785A3A #A2784E #BB9772 #CFB59B #E3D4C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#BB9772 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#BB9772 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9772

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9772	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9772	1.00	2.70	7.78	7.78
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3996F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACA173

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C78F8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9772;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 151, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.067 67.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b59b',
    500: '#bb9772',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9772;
$custom-light: #d1b59b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9772",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.411,
    "s": 34.928,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70049,
    "c": 0.06661,
    "h": 67.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9772

secondary

#B6C4D3

accent

#93CB5D

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF6F2

border

#D3D0CC

text

#14110E

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9772

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

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