#BB9970#BB9970

#BB9970 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.069 H 71.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9970
RGB	rgb(187, 153, 112)
HSL	hsl(33, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(33, 40%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 40.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.37, 6.99, 26.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.37, 27.23, 75.12°)
OKLab	oklab(70.41% 0.0218 0.0654)
OKLCH	oklch(70.41% 0.069 71.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.8104, 34.5188, 20.1553)
Luminance	0.3452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9970 #7092BB

analogous

#BB7370 #BB9970 #B7BB70

triadic

#BB9970 #70BB99 #9970BB

tetradic

#BB9970 #70BB73 #7092BB #BB70B7

square

#BB9970 #70BB73 #7092BB #BB70B7

split-complementary

#BB9970 #70B7BB #7370BB

monochromatic

#785B39 #A17B4D #BB9970 #CFB799 #E2D4C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#BB9970 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#BB9970 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9970

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9970	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9970	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)

#A59A6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADA271

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7918E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9970;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 153, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.069 71.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b799',
    500: '#bb9970',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9970;
$custom-light: #d1b799;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9970",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.8,
    "s": 35.545,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70411,
    "c": 0.06893,
    "h": 71.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9970

secondary

#B5C2D2

accent

#8FCC5C

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF6F2

border

#D3D0CC

text

#14110E

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9970

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

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