#BB985C#BB985C

#BB985C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.089 H 80.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB985C
RGB	rgb(187, 152, 92)
HSL	hsl(38, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(38, 51%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.7%, 50.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.80, 5.45, 36.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.80, 36.72, 81.46°)
OKLab	oklab(69.86% 0.0154 0.0872)
OKLCH	oklch(69.86% 0.089 80)
XYZ	xyz(33.6549, 33.7958, 14.8737)
Luminance	0.3379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB985C #5C7FBB

analogous

#BB695C #BB985C #AFBB5C

triadic

#BB985C #5CBB98 #985CBB

tetradic

#BB985C #5CBB69 #5C7FBB #BB5CAF

square

#BB985C #5CBB69 #5C7FBB #BB5CAF

split-complementary

#BB985C #5CAFBB #695CBB

monochromatic

#6F572E #9A7940 #BB985C #CDB387 #DFCFB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#BB985C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.76

#BB985C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB985C

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB985C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB985C	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)

#A79857

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA15E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C88E89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb985c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 152, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.089 80.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b68b',
    500: '#bb985c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb985c;
$custom-light: #d2b68b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb985c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.895,
    "s": 41.126,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6986,
    "c": 0.08858,
    "h": 80
  },
  "luminance": 0.33794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB985C

secondary

#A5B4CD

accent

#84D157

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110C

muted

#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB985C

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

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