#BB994D#BB994D

#BB994D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.103 H 85.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB994D
RGB	rgb(187, 153, 77)
HSL	hsl(41, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(41, 59%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 58.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.87, 3.64, 44.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.87, 44.20, 85.28°)
OKLab	oklab(69.86% 0.0082 0.1028)
OKLCH	oklch(69.86% 0.103 85.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.2259, 33.8850, 11.8101)
Luminance	0.3388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB994D #4D6FBB

analogous

#BB624D #BB994D #A6BB4D

triadic

#BB994D #4DBB99 #994DBB

tetradic

#BB994D #4DBB62 #4D6FBB #BB4DA6

square

#BB994D #4DBB62 #4D6FBB #BB4DA6

split-complementary

#BB994D #4DA6BB #624DBB

monochromatic

#665327 #937738 #BB994D #CCB279 #DDCCA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#BB994D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#BB994D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB994D

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB994D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB994D	1.00	2.70	7.78	7.78
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99846

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A150

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98E88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb994d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 153, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.103 85.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b681',
    500: '#bb994d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb994d;
$custom-light: #d2b681;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb994d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.455,
    "s": 44.715,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69855,
    "c": 0.10316,
    "h": 85.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB994D

secondary

#9AA9CA

accent

#7BD453

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB994D

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

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