#BB9963#BB9963

#BB9963 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.082 H 78.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9963
RGB	rgb(187, 153, 99)
HSL	hsl(37, 39%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(37, 47%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 47.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.16, 5.59, 33.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.16, 33.53, 80.41°)
OKLab	oklab(70.18% 0.0165 0.0804)
OKLCH	oklch(70.18% 0.082 78.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.1381, 34.2499, 16.6147)
Luminance	0.3425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9963 #6385BB

analogous

#BB6D63 #BB9963 #B1BB63

triadic

#BB9963 #63BB99 #9963BB

tetradic

#BB9963 #63BB6D #6385BB #BB63B1

square

#BB9963 #63BB6D #6385BB #BB63B1

split-complementary

#BB9963 #63B1BB #6D63BB

monochromatic

#725932 #9D7A44 #BB9963 #CEB58E #E0D1B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#BB9963 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#BB9963 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9963

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9963	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9963	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)

#A7995F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA264

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C88F8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9963;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 153, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.082 78.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b690',
    500: '#bb9963',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9963;
$custom-light: #d1b690;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9963",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.818,
    "s": 39.286,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70176,
    "c": 0.08205,
    "h": 78.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9963

secondary

#ABB9CF

accent

#86CF59

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110C

muted

#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9963

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

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