#BB985F#BB985F

#BB985F is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.086 H 78.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB985F
RGB	rgb(187, 152, 95)
HSL	hsl(37, 40%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(37, 49%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.7%, 49.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.84, 5.74, 34.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.84, 35.25, 80.63°)
OKLab	oklab(69.91% 0.0166 0.084)
OKLCH	oklch(69.91% 0.086 78.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.7886, 33.8493, 15.5781)
Luminance	0.3385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB985F #5F82BB

analogous

#BB6A5F #BB985F #B0BB5F

triadic

#BB985F #5FBB98 #985FBB

tetradic

#BB985F #5FBB6A #5F82BB #BB5FB0

square

#BB985F #5FBB6A #5F82BB #BB5FB0

split-complementary

#BB985F #5FB0BB #6A5FBB

monochromatic

#705730 #9B7942 #BB985F #CDB48A #E0CFB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#BB985F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#BB985F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB985F

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB985F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB985F	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)

#A6985A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA161

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C88E8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb985f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 152, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.086 78.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b68d',
    500: '#bb985f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb985f;
$custom-light: #d1b68d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb985f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.174,
    "s": 40.351,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69908,
    "c": 0.08563,
    "h": 78.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB985F

secondary

#A8B6CE

accent

#85D058

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110C

muted

#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB985F

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

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