#BB995A#BB995A

#BB995A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.091 H 81.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB995A
RGB	rgb(187, 153, 90)
HSL	hsl(39, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(39, 52%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 51.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.03, 4.72, 37.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.03, 37.93, 82.85°)
OKLab	oklab(70.03% 0.013 0.0901)
OKLCH	oklch(70.03% 0.091 81.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.7316, 34.0873, 14.4737)
Luminance	0.3408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB995A #5A7CBB

analogous

#BB695A #BB995A #ADBB5A

triadic

#BB995A #5ABB99 #995ABB

tetradic

#BB995A #5ABB69 #5A7CBB #BB5AAD

square

#BB995A #5ABB69 #5A7CBB #BB5AAD

split-complementary

#BB995A #5AADBB #695ABB

monochromatic

#6D572D #99793F #BB995A #CDB485 #DFCFB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#BB995A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#BB995A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB995A

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB995A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB995A	1.00	2.69	7.82	7.82
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89955

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A15C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98F8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb995a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 153, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.091 81.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b68a',
    500: '#bb995a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb995a;
$custom-light: #d2b68a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb995a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.969,
    "s": 41.631,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70033,
    "c": 0.09098,
    "h": 81.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB995A

secondary

#A4B2CD

accent

#81D156

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110C

muted

#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB995A

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

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