#BB995C#BB995C

#BB995C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.089 H 81.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB995C
RGB	rgb(187, 153, 92)
HSL	hsl(39, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(39, 51%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 50.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.06, 4.91, 36.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.06, 36.96, 82.37°)
OKLab	oklab(70.06% 0.0138 0.088)
OKLCH	oklch(70.06% 0.089 81.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.8179, 34.1218, 14.9280)
Luminance	0.3412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB995C #5C7EBB

analogous

#BB695C #BB995C #AEBB5C

triadic

#BB995C #5CBB99 #995CBB

tetradic

#BB995C #5CBB69 #5C7EBB #BB5CAE

square

#BB995C #5CBB69 #5C7EBB #BB5CAE

split-complementary

#BB995C #5CAEBB #695CBB

monochromatic

#6F572E #9A7A40 #BB995C #CDB487 #DFCFB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#BB995C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#BB995C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB995C

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB995C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB995C	1.00	2.68	7.82	7.82
#FFFFFF	2.68	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)

#A89957

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A15E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C88F8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb995c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 153, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.089 81.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b68b',
    500: '#bb995c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb995c;
$custom-light: #d2b68b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb995c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.526,
    "s": 41.126,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70064,
    "c": 0.08902,
    "h": 81.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB995C

secondary

#A5B4CD

accent

#83D157

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110C

muted

#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB995C

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

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