#BB9960#BB9960

#BB9960 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.085 H 79.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9960
RGB	rgb(187, 153, 96)
HSL	hsl(38, 40%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(38, 49%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 48.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.12, 5.29, 34.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.12, 35.00, 81.31°)
OKLab	oklab(70.13% 0.0153 0.0837)
OKLCH	oklch(70.13% 0.085 79.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.9974, 34.1936, 15.8734)
Luminance	0.3419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9960 #6082BB

analogous

#BB6B60 #BB9960 #B0BB60

triadic

#BB9960 #60BB99 #9960BB

tetradic

#BB9960 #60BB6B #6082BB #BB60B0

square

#BB9960 #60BB6B #6082BB #BB60B0

split-complementary

#BB9960 #60B0BB #6B60BB

monochromatic

#705830 #9B7A42 #BB9960 #CDB48B #E0D0B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#BB9960 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.84

#BB9960 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9960

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9960	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9960	1.00	2.68	7.84	7.84
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7995B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA262

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C88F8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9960;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 153, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.085 79.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b68e',
    500: '#bb9960',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9960;
$custom-light: #d1b68e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9960",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.582,
    "s": 40.088,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70127,
    "c": 0.08506,
    "h": 79.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9960

secondary

#A8B7CE

accent

#85D058

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110C

muted

#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9960

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

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