#BB9779#BB9779

#BB9779 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.060 H 61.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9779
RGB	rgb(187, 151, 121)
HSL	hsl(27, 33%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(27, 35%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.3%, 35.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.03, 9.17, 20.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.03, 22.83, 66.30°)
OKLab	oklab(70.19% 0.0288 0.0528)
OKLCH	oklch(70.19% 0.06 61.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.0122, 34.0802, 22.8194)
Luminance	0.3408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9779 #799DBB

analogous

#BB797C #BB9779 #BBB879

triadic

#BB9779 #79BB97 #9779BB

tetradic

#BB9779 #7CBB79 #799DBB #B879BB

square

#BB9779 #7CBB79 #799DBB #B879BB

split-complementary

#BB9779 #79BBB8 #797CBB

monochromatic

#7B5A3E #A47853 #BB9779 #D0B7A2 #E4D6CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#BB9779 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#BB9779 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9779

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9779	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9779	1.00	2.69	7.82	7.82
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29977

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA179

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6908F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9779;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 151, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.060 61.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b5a0',
    500: '#bb9779',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9779;
$custom-light: #d0b5a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9779",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.273,
    "s": 32.673,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70195,
    "c": 0.06009,
    "h": 61.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9779

secondary

#BBC9D5

accent

#78AB3A

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F9F6F2

border

#D2D0CC

text

#14110E

muted

#82807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9779

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

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