#BB9961#BB9961

#BB9961 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.084 H 79.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9961
RGB	rgb(187, 153, 97)
HSL	hsl(37, 40%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(37, 48%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 48.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.13, 5.39, 34.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.13, 34.51, 81.02°)
OKLab	oklab(70.14% 0.0157 0.0826)
OKLCH	oklch(70.14% 0.084 79.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.0437, 34.2121, 16.1174)
Luminance	0.3421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9961 #6183BB

analogous

#BB6C61 #BB9961 #B0BB61

triadic

#BB9961 #61BB99 #9961BB

tetradic

#BB9961 #61BB6C #6183BB #BB61B0

square

#BB9961 #61BB6C #6183BB #BB61B0

split-complementary

#BB9961 #61B0BB #6C61BB

monochromatic

#715931 #9C7A43 #BB9961 #CDB58C #E0D0B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#BB9961 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.84

#BB9961 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9961

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9961	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9961	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)

#A7995D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA263

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C88F8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9961;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 153, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.084 79.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b68f',
    500: '#bb9961',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9961;
$custom-light: #d1b68f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9961",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.333,
    "s": 39.823,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70143,
    "c": 0.08405,
    "h": 79.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9961

secondary

#A9B7CF

accent

#85D058

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110C

muted

#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9961

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

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