#BB995D#BB995D

#BB995D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.088 H 80.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB995D
RGB	rgb(187, 153, 93)
HSL	hsl(38, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(38, 50%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 50.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.07, 5.00, 36.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.07, 36.47, 82.12°)
OKLab	oklab(70.08% 0.0142 0.0869)
OKLCH	oklch(70.08% 0.088 80.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.8619, 34.1394, 15.1598)
Luminance	0.3414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB995D #5D7FBB

analogous

#BB6A5D #BB995D #AEBB5D

triadic

#BB995D #5DBB99 #995DBB

tetradic

#BB995D #5DBB6A #5D7FBB #BB5DAE

square

#BB995D #5DBB6A #5D7FBB #BB5DAE

split-complementary

#BB995D #5DAEBB #6A5DBB

monochromatic

#6F582F #9A7A41 #BB995D #CDB488 #DFCFB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#BB995D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.83

#BB995D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB995D

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB995D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB995D	1.00	2.68	7.83	7.83
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79958

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A15F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C88F8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb995d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 153, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.088 80.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b68c',
    500: '#bb995d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb995d;
$custom-light: #d2b68c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb995d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.298,
    "s": 40.87,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70079,
    "c": 0.08804,
    "h": 80.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB995D

secondary

#A6B4CE

accent

#83D157

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110C

muted

#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB995D

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

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