#BB9965#BB9965

#BB9965 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.080 H 77.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9965
RGB	rgb(187, 153, 101)
HSL	hsl(36, 39%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(36, 46%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 46%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.19, 5.79, 32.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.19, 32.55, 79.75°)
OKLab	oklab(70.21% 0.0173 0.0781)
OKLCH	oklch(70.21% 0.08 77.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.2349, 34.2886, 17.1245)
Luminance	0.3429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9965 #6587BB

analogous

#BB6E65 #BB9965 #B2BB65

triadic

#BB9965 #65BB99 #9965BB

tetradic

#BB9965 #65BB6E #6587BB #BB65B2

square

#BB9965 #65BB6E #6587BB #BB65B2

split-complementary

#BB9965 #65B2BB #6E65BB

monochromatic

#735A33 #9D7B45 #BB9965 #CEB58F #E0D1BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#BB9965 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#BB9965 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9965

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9965	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9965	1.00	2.67	7.86	7.86
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79961

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA266

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C88F8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9965;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 153, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.080 77.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b691',
    500: '#bb9965',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9965;
$custom-light: #d1b691;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9965",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.279,
    "s": 38.739,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7021,
    "c": 0.08004,
    "h": 77.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9965

secondary

#ACBAD0

accent

#88CF59

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF6F1

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110D

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9965

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

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