#BB9967#BB9967

#BB9967 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.078 H 76.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9967
RGB	rgb(187, 153, 103)
HSL	hsl(36, 38%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(36, 45%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 44.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.22, 6.00, 31.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.22, 31.57, 79.05°)
OKLab	oklab(70.25% 0.0181 0.0759)
OKLCH	oklch(70.25% 0.078 76.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.3341, 34.3283, 17.6469)
Luminance	0.3433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9967 #6789BB

analogous

#BB6F67 #BB9967 #B3BB67

triadic

#BB9967 #67BB99 #9967BB

tetradic

#BB9967 #67BB6F #6789BB #BB67B3

square

#BB9967 #67BB6F #6789BB #BB67B3

split-complementary

#BB9967 #67B3BB #6F67BB

monochromatic

#745A34 #9E7B47 #BB9967 #CEB591 #E1D2BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#BB9967 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#BB9967 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9967

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9967	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9967	1.00	2.67	7.87	7.87
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69963

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA268

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8908C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9967;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 153, 103);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.078 76.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b793',
    500: '#bb9967',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9967;
$custom-light: #d1b793;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9967",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 103
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.714,
    "s": 38.182,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70245,
    "c": 0.07802,
    "h": 76.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9967

secondary

#AEBCD0

accent

#89CE5A

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF6F1

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110D

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9967

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

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