#BB985D#BB985D

#BB985D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.088 H 79.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB985D
RGB	rgb(187, 152, 93)
HSL	hsl(38, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(38, 50%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.7%, 50.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.81, 5.55, 35.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.81, 36.23, 81.19°)
OKLab	oklab(69.88% 0.0158 0.0862)
OKLCH	oklch(69.88% 0.088 79.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.6989, 33.8134, 15.1055)
Luminance	0.3381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB985D #5D80BB

analogous

#BB695D #BB985D #AFBB5D

triadic

#BB985D #5DBB98 #985DBB

tetradic

#BB985D #5DBB69 #5D80BB #BB5DAF

square

#BB985D #5DBB69 #5D80BB #BB5DAF

split-complementary

#BB985D #5DAFBB #695DBB

monochromatic

#6F572F #9A7941 #BB985D #CDB388 #DFCFB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#BB985D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.76

#BB985D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB985D

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB985D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB985D	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)

#A69858

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA15F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C88E8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb985d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 152, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.088 79.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b68c',
    500: '#bb985d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb985d;
$custom-light: #d2b68c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb985d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.66,
    "s": 40.87,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69876,
    "c": 0.0876,
    "h": 79.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB985D

secondary

#A6B5CE

accent

#84D157

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110C

muted

#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB985D

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

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