#BB994E#BB994E

#BB994E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.102 H 85.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB994E
RGB	rgb(187, 153, 78)
HSL	hsl(41, 44%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(41, 58%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 58.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.88, 3.72, 43.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.88, 43.73, 85.13°)
OKLab	oklab(69.87% 0.0086 0.1019)
OKLCH	oklch(69.87% 0.102 85.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.2615, 33.8992, 11.9975)
Luminance	0.3390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB994E #4E70BB

analogous

#BB624E #BB994E #A7BB4E

triadic

#BB994E #4EBB99 #994EBB

tetradic

#BB994E #4EBB62 #4E70BB #BB4EA7

square

#BB994E #4EBB62 #4E70BB #BB4EA7

split-complementary

#BB994E #4EA7BB #624EBB

monochromatic

#675328 #937739 #BB994E #CCB27A #DDCCA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#BB994E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#BB994E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB994E

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB994E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB994E	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)

#A99847

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A151

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98E88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb994e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 153, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.102 85.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b682',
    500: '#bb994e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb994e;
$custom-light: #d2b682;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb994e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.284,
    "s": 44.49,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69868,
    "c": 0.10226,
    "h": 85.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB994E

secondary

#9BA9CA

accent

#7CD454

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB994E

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

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