#BB9975#BB9975

#BB9975 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.064 H 68.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9975
RGB	rgb(187, 153, 117)
HSL	hsl(31, 34%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(31, 37%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 37.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.46, 7.58, 23.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.46, 24.88, 72.26°)
OKLab	oklab(70.51% 0.0239 0.0594)
OKLCH	oklch(70.51% 0.064 68.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.0966, 34.6333, 21.6624)
Luminance	0.3463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9975 #7597BB

analogous

#BB7675 #BB9975 #BABB75

triadic

#BB9975 #75BB99 #9975BB

tetradic

#BB9975 #75BB76 #7597BB #BB75BA

square

#BB9975 #75BB76 #7597BB #BB75BA

split-complementary

#BB9975 #75BABB #7675BB

monochromatic

#7A5C3C #A37B50 #BB9975 #CFB79E #E3D6C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#BB9975 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#BB9975 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9975

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9975	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9975	1.00	2.65	7.93	7.93
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59A73

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADA276

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6918F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9975;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 153, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.064 68.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b79d',
    500: '#bb9975',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9975;
$custom-light: #d1b79d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9975",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.857,
    "s": 33.981,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70511,
    "c": 0.06398,
    "h": 68.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9975

secondary

#B8C6D3

accent

#92CA5E

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F9F6F2

border

#D2D0CC

text

#14110E

muted

#82807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9975

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

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