#BB994B#BB994B

#BB994B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.105 H 85.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB994B
RGB	rgb(187, 153, 75)
HSL	hsl(42, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(42, 60%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 59.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.85, 3.49, 45.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.85, 45.15, 85.57°)
OKLab	oklab(69.83% 0.0075 0.1047)
OKLCH	oklch(69.83% 0.105 85.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.1564, 33.8572, 11.4439)
Luminance	0.3386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB994B #4B6DBB

analogous

#BB614B #BB994B #A5BB4B

triadic

#BB994B #4BBB99 #994BBB

tetradic

#BB994B #4BBB61 #4B6DBB #BB4BA5

square

#BB994B #4BBB61 #4B6DBB #BB4BA5

split-complementary

#BB994B #4BA5BB #614BBB

monochromatic

#655226 #927637 #BB994B #CCB277 #DDCBA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#BB994B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#BB994B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB994B

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB994B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB994B	1.00	2.70	7.77	7.77
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99843

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A14E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98D87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb994b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 153, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.105 85.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b680',
    500: '#bb994b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb994b;
$custom-light: #d2b680;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb994b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.786,
    "s": 45.161,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69831,
    "c": 0.10493,
    "h": 85.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB994B

secondary

#98A7CA

accent

#7AD553

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB994B

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

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