#BB996D#BB996D

#BB996D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.072 H 73.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB996D
RGB	rgb(187, 153, 109)
HSL	hsl(34, 36%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(34, 42%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 41.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.32, 6.65, 27.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.32, 28.66, 76.58°)
OKLab	oklab(70.35% 0.0206 0.069)
OKLCH	oklch(70.35% 0.072 73.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.6462, 34.4531, 19.2902)
Luminance	0.3445 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB996D #6D8FBB

analogous

#BB726D #BB996D #B6BB6D

triadic

#BB996D #6DBB99 #996DBB

tetradic

#BB996D #6DBB72 #6D8FBB #BB6DB6

square

#BB996D #6DBB72 #6D8FBB #BB6DB6

split-complementary

#BB996D #6DB6BB #726DBB

monochromatic

#765B37 #A07B4B #BB996D #CEB697 #E2D3C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#BB996D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#BB996D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB996D

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB996D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB996D	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)

#A69A6A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA26E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7908E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb996d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 153, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.072 73.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b797',
    500: '#bb996d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb996d;
$custom-light: #d1b797;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb996d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.846,
    "s": 36.449,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70354,
    "c": 0.07195,
    "h": 73.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB996D

secondary

#B2C0D1

accent

#8DCC5B

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF6F2

border

#D3D0CC

text

#14110D

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB996D

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

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