#BB9974#BB9974

#BB9974 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.065 H 68.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9974
RGB	rgb(187, 153, 116)
HSL	hsl(31, 34%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(31, 38%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 38%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.44, 7.46, 24.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.44, 25.34, 72.88°)
OKLab	oklab(70.49% 0.0235 0.0606)
OKLCH	oklch(70.49% 0.065 68.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.0381, 34.6099, 21.3544)
Luminance	0.3461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9974 #7496BB

analogous

#BB7674 #BB9974 #BABB74

triadic

#BB9974 #74BB99 #9974BB

tetradic

#BB9974 #74BB76 #7496BB #BB74BA

square

#BB9974 #74BB76 #7496BB #BB74BA

split-complementary

#BB9974 #74BABB #7674BB

monochromatic

#795C3B #A27B4F #BB9974 #CFB79D #E3D5C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#BB9974 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.92

#BB9974 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9974

7.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9974	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9974	1.00	2.65	7.92	7.92
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59A71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADA275

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7918F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9974;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 153, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.065 68.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b79c',
    500: '#bb9974',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9974;
$custom-light: #d1b79c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9974",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.268,
    "s": 34.3,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70491,
    "c": 0.06496,
    "h": 68.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9974

secondary

#B8C5D3

accent

#92CA5D

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F9F6F2

border

#D2D0CC

text

#14110E

muted

#82807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9974

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

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