#BB996C#BB996C

#BB996C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.073 H 74.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB996C
RGB	rgb(187, 153, 108)
HSL	hsl(34, 37%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(34, 42%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 42.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.30, 6.54, 28.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.30, 29.14, 77.03°)
OKLab	oklab(70.34% 0.0202 0.0701)
OKLCH	oklch(70.34% 0.073 74)
XYZ	xyz(34.5926, 34.4317, 19.0083)
Luminance	0.3443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB996C #6C8EBB

analogous

#BB716C #BB996C #B5BB6C

triadic

#BB996C #6CBB99 #996CBB

tetradic

#BB996C #6CBB71 #6C8EBB #BB6CB5

square

#BB996C #6CBB71 #6C8EBB #BB6CB5

split-complementary

#BB996C #6CB5BB #716CBB

monochromatic

#765B37 #A07B4A #BB996C #CEB696 #E2D3C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#BB996C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#BB996C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB996C

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB996C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB996C	1.00	2.66	7.89	7.89
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69A69

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA26D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7908D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb996c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 153, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.073 74.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b796',
    500: '#bb996c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb996c;
$custom-light: #d1b796;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb996c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.177,
    "s": 36.744,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70335,
    "c": 0.07296,
    "h": 74
  },
  "luminance": 0.3443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB996C

secondary

#B2BFD1

accent

#8CCD5B

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF6F2

border

#D3D0CC

text

#14110D

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB996C

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

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