#BB9971#BB9971

#BB9971 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.068 H 70.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9971
RGB	rgb(187, 153, 113)
HSL	hsl(32, 35%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(32, 40%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 39.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.39, 7.11, 25.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.39, 26.75, 74.59°)
OKLab	oklab(70.43% 0.0222 0.0642)
OKLCH	oklch(70.43% 0.068 70.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.8664, 34.5412, 20.4502)
Luminance	0.3454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9971 #7193BB

analogous

#BB7471 #BB9971 #B8BB71

triadic

#BB9971 #71BB99 #9971BB

tetradic

#BB9971 #71BB74 #7193BB #BB71B8

square

#BB9971 #71BB74 #7193BB #BB71B8

split-complementary

#BB9971 #71B8BB #7471BB

monochromatic

#785B3A #A17B4D #BB9971 #CFB79A #E3D4C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#BB9971 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.91

#BB9971 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9971

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9971	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9971	1.00	2.66	7.91	7.91
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59A6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADA272

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7918F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9971;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 153, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.068 70.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b79a',
    500: '#bb9971',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9971;
$custom-light: #d1b79a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9971",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.432,
    "s": 35.238,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70431,
    "c": 0.06793,
    "h": 70.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9971

secondary

#B5C3D2

accent

#8FCB5D

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF6F2

border

#D3D0CC

text

#14110E

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9971

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

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