#BB996B#BB996B

#BB996B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.074 H 74.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB996B
RGB	rgb(187, 153, 107)
HSL	hsl(35, 37%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(35, 43%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 42.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.29, 6.43, 28.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.29, 29.63, 77.47°)
OKLab	oklab(70.32% 0.0198 0.0713)
OKLCH	oklch(70.32% 0.074 74.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.5397, 34.4105, 18.7296)
Luminance	0.3441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB996B #6B8DBB

analogous

#BB716B #BB996B #B5BB6B

triadic

#BB996B #6BBB99 #996BBB

tetradic

#BB996B #6BBB71 #6B8DBB #BB6BB5

square

#BB996B #6BBB71 #6B8DBB #BB6BB5

split-complementary

#BB996B #6BB5BB #716BBB

monochromatic

#765B36 #A07B49 #BB996B #CEB695 #E2D3BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#BB996B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#BB996B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB996B

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB996B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB996B	1.00	2.66	7.88	7.88
#FFFFFF	2.66	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)

#A69A68

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA26C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7908D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb996b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 153, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.074 74.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b796',
    500: '#bb996b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb996b;
$custom-light: #d1b796;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb996b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.5,
    "s": 37.037,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70317,
    "c": 0.07397,
    "h": 74.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB996B

secondary

#B1BED1

accent

#8BCD5B

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF6F2

border

#D3D0CC

text

#14110D

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB996B

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

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