#BB9869#BB9869

#BB9869 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.076 H 74.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9869
RGB	rgb(187, 152, 105)
HSL	hsl(34, 38%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(34, 44%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.7%, 43.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.00, 6.76, 29.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.00, 30.39, 77.15°)
OKLab	oklab(70.08% 0.0206 0.0728)
OKLCH	oklch(70.08% 0.076 74.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.2727, 34.0430, 18.1276)
Luminance	0.3404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9869 #698CBB

analogous

#BB6F69 #BB9869 #B5BB69

triadic

#BB9869 #69BB98 #9869BB

tetradic

#BB9869 #69BB6F #698CBB #BB69B5

square

#BB9869 #69BB6F #698CBB #BB69B5

split-complementary

#BB9869 #69B5BB #6F69BB

monochromatic

#755935 #9F7A48 #BB9869 #CEB593 #E1D2BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#BB9869 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.81

#BB9869 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9869

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9869	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9869	1.00	2.69	7.81	7.81
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59966

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADA16A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C88F8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9869;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 152, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.076 74.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b694',
    500: '#bb9869',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9869;
$custom-light: #d1b694;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9869",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.39,
    "s": 37.615,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70078,
    "c": 0.07566,
    "h": 74.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9869

secondary

#AFBDD1

accent

#8BCE5A

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF6F1

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110D

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9869

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

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