#BB9865#BB9865

#BB9865 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.080 H 76.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9865
RGB	rgb(187, 152, 101)
HSL	hsl(36, 39%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(36, 46%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.7%, 46%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.93, 6.34, 31.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.93, 32.32, 78.69°)
OKLab	oklab(70.01% 0.0189 0.0774)
OKLCH	oklch(70.01% 0.08 76.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.0720, 33.9627, 17.0702)
Luminance	0.3396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9865 #6588BB

analogous

#BB6D65 #BB9865 #B3BB65

triadic

#BB9865 #65BB98 #9865BB

tetradic

#BB9865 #65BB6D #6588BB #BB65B3

square

#BB9865 #65BB6D #6588BB #BB65B3

split-complementary

#BB9865 #65B3BB #6D65BB

monochromatic

#735933 #9D7A45 #BB9865 #CEB48F #E0D1BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#BB9865 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#BB9865 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9865

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9865	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9865	1.00	2.70	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69961

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA166

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C88E8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9865;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 152, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.080 76.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b691',
    500: '#bb9865',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9865;
$custom-light: #d1b691;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9865",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.581,
    "s": 38.739,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70008,
    "c": 0.07967,
    "h": 76.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9865

secondary

#ACBBD0

accent

#89CF59

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF6F1

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110D

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9865

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

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