#BB994C#BB994C

#BB994C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.104 H 85.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB994C
RGB	rgb(187, 153, 76)
HSL	hsl(42, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(42, 59%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 59.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.86, 3.56, 44.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.86, 44.67, 85.43°)
OKLab	oklab(69.84% 0.0079 0.1038)
OKLCH	oklch(69.84% 0.104 85.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.1908, 33.8710, 11.6256)
Luminance	0.3387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB994C #4C6EBB

analogous

#BB624C #BB994C #A5BB4C

triadic

#BB994C #4CBB99 #994CBB

tetradic

#BB994C #4CBB62 #4C6EBB #BB4CA5

square

#BB994C #4CBB62 #4C6EBB #BB4CA5

split-complementary

#BB994C #4CA5BB #624CBB

monochromatic

#665327 #927638 #BB994C #CCB278 #DDCCA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#BB994C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#BB994C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB994C

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB994C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB994C	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)

#A99845

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A14F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98D88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb994c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 153, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.104 85.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b680',
    500: '#bb994c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb994c;
$custom-light: #d2b680;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb994c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.622,
    "s": 44.939,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69843,
    "c": 0.10405,
    "h": 85.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB994C

secondary

#99A8CA

accent

#7BD553

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB994C

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

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