#BB9966#BB9966

#BB9966 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.079 H 77.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9966
RGB	rgb(187, 153, 102)
HSL	hsl(36, 38%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(36, 45%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 45.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.21, 5.89, 31.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.21, 32.06, 79.41°)
OKLab	oklab(70.23% 0.0177 0.077)
OKLCH	oklch(70.23% 0.079 77)
XYZ	xyz(34.2842, 34.3083, 17.3841)
Luminance	0.3431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9966 #6688BB

analogous

#BB6F66 #BB9966 #B3BB66

triadic

#BB9966 #66BB99 #9966BB

tetradic

#BB9966 #66BB6F #6688BB #BB66B3

square

#BB9966 #66BB6F #6688BB #BB66B3

split-complementary

#BB9966 #66B3BB #6F66BB

monochromatic

#735A33 #9E7B46 #BB9966 #CEB590 #E1D1BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#BB9966 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#BB9966 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9966

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9966	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9966	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)

#A69962

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA267

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8908C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9966;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 153, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.079 77.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b692',
    500: '#bb9966',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9966;
$custom-light: #d1b692;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9966",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36,
    "s": 38.462,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70227,
    "c": 0.07902,
    "h": 77
  },
  "luminance": 0.34307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9966

secondary

#ADBBD0

accent

#88CE59

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF6F1

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110D

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9966

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

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