#BB996F#BB996F

#BB996F is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.070 H 72.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB996F
RGB	rgb(187, 153, 111)
HSL	hsl(33, 36%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(33, 41%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 40.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.35, 6.88, 26.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.35, 27.70, 75.63°)
OKLab	oklab(70.39% 0.0214 0.0666)
OKLCH	oklch(70.39% 0.07 72.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.7550, 34.4967, 19.8637)
Luminance	0.3449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB996F #6F91BB

analogous

#BB736F #BB996F #B7BB6F

triadic

#BB996F #6FBB99 #996FBB

tetradic

#BB996F #6FBB73 #6F91BB #BB6FB7

square

#BB996F #6FBB73 #6F91BB #BB6FB7

split-complementary

#BB996F #6FB7BB #736FBB

monochromatic

#775B38 #A17B4C #BB996F #CFB699 #E2D4C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#BB996F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#BB996F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB996F

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB996F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB996F	1.00	2.66	7.90	7.90
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59A6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADA270

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7908E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb996f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 153, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.070 72.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b798',
    500: '#bb996f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb996f;
$custom-light: #d1b798;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb996f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.158,
    "s": 35.849,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70392,
    "c": 0.06993,
    "h": 72.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB996F

secondary

#B4C1D2

accent

#8ECC5C

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF6F2

border

#D3D0CC

text

#14110E

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB996F

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

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