#BB9969#BB9969

#BB9969 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.076 H 75.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9969
RGB	rgb(187, 153, 105)
HSL	hsl(35, 38%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(35, 44%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 43.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.25, 6.21, 29.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.25, 30.60, 78.29°)
OKLab	oklab(70.28% 0.0189 0.0736)
OKLCH	oklch(70.28% 0.076 75.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.4357, 34.3689, 18.1819)
Luminance	0.3437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9969 #698BBB

analogous

#BB7069 #BB9969 #B4BB69

triadic

#BB9969 #69BB99 #9969BB

tetradic

#BB9969 #69BB70 #698BBB #BB69B4

square

#BB9969 #69BB70 #698BBB #BB69B4

split-complementary

#BB9969 #69B4BB #7069BB

monochromatic

#755A35 #9F7B48 #BB9969 #CEB693 #E1D2BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#BB9969 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#BB9969 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9969

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9969	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9969	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)

#A69A65

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA26A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7908D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9969;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 153, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.076 75.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b794',
    500: '#bb9969',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9969;
$custom-light: #d1b794;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9969",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.122,
    "s": 37.615,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7028,
    "c": 0.076,
    "h": 75.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9969

secondary

#AFBDD1

accent

#8ACE5A

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF6F1

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110D

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9969

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

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