#BB985E#BB985E

#BB985E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.087 H 79.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB985E
RGB	rgb(187, 152, 94)
HSL	hsl(37, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(37, 50%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.7%, 49.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.83, 5.64, 35.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.83, 35.74, 80.92°)
OKLab	oklab(69.89% 0.0162 0.0851)
OKLCH	oklch(69.89% 0.087 79.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.7435, 33.8313, 15.3402)
Luminance	0.3383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB985E #5E81BB

analogous

#BB695E #BB985E #B0BB5E

triadic

#BB985E #5EBB98 #985EBB

tetradic

#BB985E #5EBB69 #5E81BB #BB5EB0

square

#BB985E #5EBB69 #5E81BB #BB5EB0

split-complementary

#BB985E #5EB0BB #695EBB

monochromatic

#70572F #9B7941 #BB985E #CDB489 #DFCFB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#BB985E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#BB985E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB985E

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB985E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB985E	1.00	2.70	7.77	7.77
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69859

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA160

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C88E8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb985e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 152, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.087 79.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b68c',
    500: '#bb985e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb985e;
$custom-light: #d1b68c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb985e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.419,
    "s": 40.611,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69892,
    "c": 0.08662,
    "h": 79.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB985E

secondary

#A7B6CE

accent

#85D057

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110C

muted

#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB985E

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

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