#BB995F#BB995F

#BB995F is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.086 H 80.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB995F
RGB	rgb(187, 153, 95)
HSL	hsl(38, 40%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(38, 49%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 49.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.10, 5.19, 35.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.10, 35.49, 81.59°)
OKLab	oklab(70.11% 0.0149 0.0848)
OKLCH	oklch(70.11% 0.086 80)
XYZ	xyz(33.9516, 34.1753, 15.6324)
Luminance	0.3417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB995F #5F81BB

analogous

#BB6B5F #BB995F #AFBB5F

triadic

#BB995F #5FBB99 #995FBB

tetradic

#BB995F #5FBB6B #5F81BB #BB5FAF

square

#BB995F #5FBB6B #5F81BB #BB5FAF

split-complementary

#BB995F #5FAFBB #6B5FBB

monochromatic

#705830 #9B7A42 #BB995F #CDB48A #E0D0B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#BB995F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.83

#BB995F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB995F

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB995F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB995F	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)

#A7995A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA161

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C88F8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb995f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 153, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.086 80.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b68d',
    500: '#bb995f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb995f;
$custom-light: #d1b68d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb995f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.826,
    "s": 40.351,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70111,
    "c": 0.08606,
    "h": 80
  },
  "luminance": 0.34173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB995F

secondary

#A8B6CE

accent

#84D058

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110C

muted

#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB995F

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

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