#BB9964#BB9964

#BB9964 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.081 H 77.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9964
RGB	rgb(187, 153, 100)
HSL	hsl(37, 39%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(37, 47%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 46.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.18, 5.69, 32.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.18, 33.04, 80.09°)
OKLab	oklab(70.19% 0.0169 0.0793)
OKLCH	oklch(70.19% 0.081 77.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.1862, 34.2691, 16.8680)
Luminance	0.3427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9964 #6486BB

analogous

#BB6E64 #BB9964 #B2BB64

triadic

#BB9964 #64BB99 #9964BB

tetradic

#BB9964 #64BB6E #6486BB #BB64B2

square

#BB9964 #64BB6E #6486BB #BB64B2

split-complementary

#BB9964 #64B2BB #6E64BB

monochromatic

#725932 #9D7B45 #BB9964 #CEB58F #E0D1B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#BB9964 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#BB9964 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9964

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9964	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9964	1.00	2.67	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.67	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)

#A79960

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA265

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C88F8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9964;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 153, 100);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.081 77.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b691',
    500: '#bb9964',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9964;
$custom-light: #d1b691;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9964",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 100
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.552,
    "s": 39.013,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70193,
    "c": 0.08105,
    "h": 77.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9964

secondary

#ABB9CF

accent

#87CF59

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110D

muted

#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9964

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

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