#BB994F#BB994F

#BB994F is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.101 H 84.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB994F
RGB	rgb(187, 153, 79)
HSL	hsl(41, 44%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(41, 58%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 57.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.89, 3.79, 43.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.89, 43.25, 84.97°)
OKLab	oklab(69.88% 0.0089 0.101)
OKLCH	oklch(69.88% 0.101 84.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.2976, 33.9137, 12.1878)
Luminance	0.3391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB994F #4F71BB

analogous

#BB634F #BB994F #A7BB4F

triadic

#BB994F #4FBB99 #994FBB

tetradic

#BB994F #4FBB63 #4F71BB #BB4FA7

square

#BB994F #4FBB63 #4F71BB #BB4FA7

split-complementary

#BB994F #4FA7BB #634FBB

monochromatic

#685428 #947739 #BB994F #CCB37B #DDCCA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#BB994F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#BB994F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB994F

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB994F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB994F	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)

#A99848

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A152

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98E88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb994f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 153, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.101 84.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b682',
    500: '#bb994f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb994f;
$custom-light: #d2b682;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb994f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.111,
    "s": 44.262,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6988,
    "c": 0.10136,
    "h": 84.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB994F

secondary

#9BAACA

accent

#7CD454

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB994F

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

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