#BB996A#BB996A

#BB996A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.075 H 75.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB996A
RGB	rgb(187, 153, 106)
HSL	hsl(35, 37%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(35, 43%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 43.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.27, 6.32, 29.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.27, 30.11, 77.88°)
OKLab	oklab(70.3% 0.0193 0.0724)
OKLCH	oklch(70.3% 0.075 75.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.4874, 34.3896, 18.4542)
Luminance	0.3439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB996A #6A8CBB

analogous

#BB716A #BB996A #B4BB6A

triadic

#BB996A #6ABB99 #996ABB

tetradic

#BB996A #6ABB71 #6A8CBB #BB6AB4

square

#BB996A #6ABB71 #6A8CBB #BB6AB4

split-complementary

#BB996A #6AB4BB #716ABB

monochromatic

#755A35 #9F7B49 #BB996A #CEB694 #E1D3BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#BB996A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#BB996A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB996A

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB996A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB996A	1.00	2.67	7.88	7.88
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69A67

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA26B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7908D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb996a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 153, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.075 75.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b795',
    500: '#bb996a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb996a;
$custom-light: #d1b795;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb996a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.815,
    "s": 37.327,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70299,
    "c": 0.07498,
    "h": 75.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB996A

secondary

#B0BED1

accent

#8BCD5B

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF6F1

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110D

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB996A

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

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