#BB996E#BB996E

#BB996E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.071 H 72.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB996E
RGB	rgb(187, 153, 110)
HSL	hsl(34, 36%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(34, 41%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 41.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.34, 6.76, 27.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.34, 28.18, 76.12°)
OKLab	oklab(70.37% 0.021 0.0678)
OKLCH	oklch(70.37% 0.071 72.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.7003, 34.4748, 19.5753)
Luminance	0.3447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB996E #6E90BB

analogous

#BB726E #BB996E #B6BB6E

triadic

#BB996E #6EBB99 #996EBB

tetradic

#BB996E #6EBB72 #6E90BB #BB6EB6

square

#BB996E #6EBB72 #6E90BB #BB6EB6

split-complementary

#BB996E #6EB6BB #726EBB

monochromatic

#775B38 #A17B4B #BB996E #CFB698 #E2D4C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#BB996E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#BB996E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB996E

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB996E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB996E	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)

#A69A6B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA26F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7908E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb996e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 153, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.071 72.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b798',
    500: '#bb996e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb996e;
$custom-light: #d1b798;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb996e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.506,
    "s": 36.15,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70373,
    "c": 0.07094,
    "h": 72.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB996E

secondary

#B3C1D2

accent

#8DCC5C

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF6F2

border

#D3D0CC

text

#14110D

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB996E

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

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