#BB9872#BB9872

#BB9872 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.067 H 68.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9872
RGB	rgb(187, 152, 114)
HSL	hsl(31, 35%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(31, 39%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.7%, 39%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.15, 7.77, 24.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.15, 26.11, 72.68°)
OKLab	oklab(70.25% 0.0242 0.0622)
OKLCH	oklch(70.25% 0.067 68.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.7600, 34.2379, 20.6940)
Luminance	0.3424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9872 #7295BB

analogous

#BB7472 #BB9872 #BABB72

triadic

#BB9872 #72BB98 #9872BB

tetradic

#BB9872 #72BB74 #7295BB #BB72BA

square

#BB9872 #72BB74 #7295BB #BB72BA

split-complementary

#BB9872 #72BABB #7472BB

monochromatic

#785B3A #A27A4E #BB9872 #CFB69B #E3D4C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#BB9872 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#BB9872 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9872

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9872	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9872	1.00	2.68	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4996F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACA173

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7908E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9872;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 152, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.067 68.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b69b',
    500: '#bb9872',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9872;
$custom-light: #d1b69b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9872",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.233,
    "s": 34.928,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7025,
    "c": 0.06675,
    "h": 68.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9872

secondary

#B6C4D3

accent

#92CB5D

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF6F2

border

#D3D0CC

text

#14110E

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9872

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

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