#BB995E#BB995E

#BB995E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.087 H 80.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB995E
RGB	rgb(187, 153, 94)
HSL	hsl(38, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(38, 50%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 49.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.09, 5.10, 35.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.09, 35.98, 81.86°)
OKLab	oklab(70.1% 0.0146 0.0858)
OKLCH	oklch(70.1% 0.087 80.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.9065, 34.1572, 15.3946)
Luminance	0.3416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB995E #5E80BB

analogous

#BB6B5E #BB995E #AEBB5E

triadic

#BB995E #5EBB99 #995EBB

tetradic

#BB995E #5EBB6B #5E80BB #BB5EAE

square

#BB995E #5EBB6B #5E80BB #BB5EAE

split-complementary

#BB995E #5EAEBB #6B5EBB

monochromatic

#70582F #9B7A41 #BB995E #CDB489 #DFD0B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#BB995E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.83

#BB995E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB995E

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB995E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB995E	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)

#A79959

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA160

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C88F8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb995e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 153, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.087 80.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b68d',
    500: '#bb995e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb995e;
$custom-light: #d1b68d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb995e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.065,
    "s": 40.611,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70095,
    "c": 0.08704,
    "h": 80.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB995E

secondary

#A7B5CE

accent

#84D057

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110C

muted

#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB995E

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

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