#BB985B#BB985B

#BB985B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.090 H 80.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB985B
RGB	rgb(187, 152, 91)
HSL	hsl(38, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(38, 51%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.7%, 51.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.79, 5.36, 36.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.79, 37.20, 81.71°)
OKLab	oklab(69.85% 0.015 0.0883)
OKLCH	oklch(69.85% 0.09 80.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.6115, 33.7785, 14.6450)
Luminance	0.3378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB985B #5B7EBB

analogous

#BB685B #BB985B #AEBB5B

triadic

#BB985B #5BBB98 #985BBB

tetradic

#BB985B #5BBB68 #5B7EBB #BB5BAE

square

#BB985B #5BBB68 #5B7EBB #BB5BAE

split-complementary

#BB985B #5BAEBB #685BBB

monochromatic

#6E572E #997940 #BB985B #CDB386 #DFCEB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#BB985B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.76

#BB985B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB985B

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB985B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB985B	1.00	2.71	7.76	7.76
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79856

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA15D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98E89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb985b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 152, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.090 80.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b68a',
    500: '#bb985b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb985b;
$custom-light: #d2b68a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb985b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.125,
    "s": 41.379,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69845,
    "c": 0.08955,
    "h": 80.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB985B

secondary

#A5B3CD

accent

#83D157

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110C

muted

#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB985B

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

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