#BB985A#BB985A

#BB985A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.091 H 80.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB985A
RGB	rgb(187, 152, 90)
HSL	hsl(38, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(38, 52%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.7%, 51.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.77, 5.27, 37.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.77, 37.69, 81.96°)
OKLab	oklab(69.83% 0.0146 0.0893)
OKLCH	oklch(69.83% 0.091 80.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.5686, 33.7613, 14.4193)
Luminance	0.3376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB985A #5A7DBB

analogous

#BB685A #BB985A #ADBB5A

triadic

#BB985A #5ABB98 #985ABB

tetradic

#BB985A #5ABB68 #5A7DBB #BB5AAD

square

#BB985A #5ABB68 #5A7DBB #BB5AAD

split-complementary

#BB985A #5AADBB #685ABB

monochromatic

#6D562D #99783F #BB985A #CDB385 #DFCEB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#BB985A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#BB985A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB985A

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB985A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB985A	1.00	2.71	7.75	7.75
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79855

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA15C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98D89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb985a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 152, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.091 80.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b68a',
    500: '#bb985a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb985a;
$custom-light: #d2b68a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb985a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.351,
    "s": 41.631,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6983,
    "c": 0.09053,
    "h": 80.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB985A

secondary

#A4B3CD

accent

#83D156

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110C

muted

#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB985A

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

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