#BB9866#BB9866

#BB9866 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.079 H 75.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9866
RGB	rgb(187, 152, 102)
HSL	hsl(35, 38%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(35, 45%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.7%, 45.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.95, 6.44, 31.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.95, 31.84, 78.33°)
OKLab	oklab(70.03% 0.0193 0.0763)
OKLCH	oklch(70.03% 0.079 75.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.1212, 33.9824, 17.3298)
Luminance	0.3398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9866 #6689BB

analogous

#BB6E66 #BB9866 #B4BB66

triadic

#BB9866 #66BB98 #9866BB

tetradic

#BB9866 #66BB6E #6689BB #BB66B4

square

#BB9866 #66BB6E #6689BB #BB66B4

split-complementary

#BB9866 #66B4BB #6E66BB

monochromatic

#735933 #9E7A46 #BB9866 #CEB590 #E1D1BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#BB9866 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#BB9866 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9866

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9866	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9866	1.00	2.69	7.80	7.80
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69962

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA167

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C88F8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9866;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 152, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.079 75.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b692',
    500: '#bb9866',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9866;
$custom-light: #d1b692;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9866",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.294,
    "s": 38.462,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70025,
    "c": 0.07867,
    "h": 75.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9866

secondary

#ADBBD0

accent

#8ACE59

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF6F1

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110D

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9866

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

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