#BB9962#BB9962

#BB9962 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.083 H 78.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9962
RGB	rgb(187, 153, 98)
HSL	hsl(37, 40%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(37, 48%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 47.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.15, 5.49, 33.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.15, 34.02, 80.72°)
OKLab	oklab(70.16% 0.0161 0.0815)
OKLCH	oklch(70.16% 0.083 78.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.0906, 34.2309, 16.3645)
Luminance	0.3423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9962 #6284BB

analogous

#BB6C62 #BB9962 #B0BB62

triadic

#BB9962 #62BB99 #9962BB

tetradic

#BB9962 #62BB6C #6284BB #BB62B0

square

#BB9962 #62BB6C #6284BB #BB62B0

split-complementary

#BB9962 #62B0BB #6C62BB

monochromatic

#715931 #9C7A44 #BB9962 #CDB58D #E0D0B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#BB9962 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#BB9962 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9962

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9962	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9962	1.00	2.68	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7995E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA264

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C88F8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9962;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 153, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.083 78.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b68f',
    500: '#bb9962',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9962;
$custom-light: #d1b68f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9962",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.079,
    "s": 39.556,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7016,
    "c": 0.08306,
    "h": 78.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9962

secondary

#AAB8CF

accent

#86CF58

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110C

muted

#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9962

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

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