#BB9861#BB9861

#BB9861 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.084 H 78.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9861
RGB	rgb(187, 152, 97)
HSL	hsl(37, 40%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(37, 48%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.7%, 48.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.87, 5.93, 33.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.87, 34.27, 80.03°)
OKLab	oklab(69.94% 0.0173 0.0818)
OKLCH	oklch(69.94% 0.084 78)
XYZ	xyz(33.8807, 33.8862, 16.0630)
Luminance	0.3388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9861 #6184BB

analogous

#BB6B61 #BB9861 #B1BB61

triadic

#BB9861 #61BB98 #9861BB

tetradic

#BB9861 #61BB6B #6184BB #BB61B1

square

#BB9861 #61BB6B #6184BB #BB61B1

split-complementary

#BB9861 #61B1BB #6B61BB

monochromatic

#715831 #9C7943 #BB9861 #CDB48C #E0D0B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#BB9861 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#BB9861 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9861

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9861	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9861	1.00	2.70	7.78	7.78
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6985D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA162

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C88E8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9861;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 152, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.084 78.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b68f',
    500: '#bb9861',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9861;
$custom-light: #d1b68f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9861",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.667,
    "s": 39.823,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6994,
    "c": 0.08366,
    "h": 78
  },
  "luminance": 0.33884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9861

secondary

#A9B8CF

accent

#87D058

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110C

muted

#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9861

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

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