#BB9972#BB9972

#BB9972 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.067 H 70.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9972
RGB	rgb(187, 153, 114)
HSL	hsl(32, 35%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(32, 39%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 39%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.41, 7.22, 25.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.41, 26.28, 74.04°)
OKLab	oklab(70.45% 0.0226 0.063)
OKLCH	oklch(70.45% 0.067 70.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.9230, 34.5638, 20.7483)
Luminance	0.3456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9972 #7294BB

analogous

#BB7572 #BB9972 #B9BB72

triadic

#BB9972 #72BB99 #9972BB

tetradic

#BB9972 #72BB75 #7294BB #BB72B9

square

#BB9972 #72BB75 #7294BB #BB72B9

split-complementary

#BB9972 #72B9BB #7572BB

monochromatic

#785B3A #A27B4E #BB9972 #CFB79B #E3D5C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#BB9972 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.91

#BB9972 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9972

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9972	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9972	1.00	2.65	7.91	7.91
#FFFFFF	2.65	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)

#A59A6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADA273

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7918F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9972;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 153, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.067 70.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b79b',
    500: '#bb9972',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9972;
$custom-light: #d1b79b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9972",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.055,
    "s": 34.928,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70451,
    "c": 0.06694,
    "h": 70.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9972

secondary

#B6C3D3

accent

#90CB5D

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF6F2

border

#D3D0CC

text

#14110E

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9972

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

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