#BB995B#BB995B

#BB995B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.090 H 81.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#BB995B
RGBrgb(187, 153, 91)
HSLhsl(39, 41%, 55%)
HSVhsv(39, 51%, 73%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 18.2%, 51.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LABlab(65.05, 4.82, 37.13)
CIE-LCHlch(65.05, 37.45, 82.61°)
OKLaboklab(70.05% 0.0134 0.089)
OKLCHoklch(70.05% 0.09 81.4)
XYZxyz(33.7745, 34.1044, 14.6993)
Luminance0.3410 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#BB995B #5B7DBB
analogous
#BB695B #BB995B #ADBB5B
triadic
#BB995B #5BBB99 #995BBB
tetradic
#BB995B #5BBB69 #5B7DBB #BB5BAD
square
#BB995B #5BBB69 #5B7DBB #BB5BAD
split-complementary
#BB995B #5BADBB #695BBB
monochromatic
#6E572E #997940 #BB995B #CDB486 #DFCFB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69
#BB995B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82
#BB995B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB995B
7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##BB995B#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##BB995B1.002.697.827.82
#FFFFFF2.691.0021.0021.00
#0000007.8221.001.001.00
##0000007.8221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A89956
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B0A15D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#C88F8A
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #bb995b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 153, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.090 81.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b68a',
    500: '#bb995b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #bb995b;
$custom-light: #d2b68a;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#bb995b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.75,
    "s": 41.379,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70048,
    "c": 0.09,
    "h": 81.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#BB995B
secondary
#A5B3CD
accent
#82D157
background
#FDFBF8
surface
#FAF6F0
border
#D3D0CB
text
#14110C
muted
#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB995B

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#BB995B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva