#BB9976#BB9976

#BB9976 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.063 H 67.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9976
RGB	rgb(187, 153, 118)
HSL	hsl(30, 34%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(30, 37%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 36.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.48, 7.70, 23.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.48, 24.42, 71.61°)
OKLab	oklab(70.53% 0.0243 0.0581)
OKLCH	oklch(70.53% 0.063 67.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.1557, 34.6569, 21.9737)
Luminance	0.3466 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9976 #7698BB

analogous

#BB7776 #BB9976 #BBBB76

triadic

#BB9976 #76BB99 #9976BB

tetradic

#BB9976 #76BB77 #7698BB #BB76BB

square

#BB9976 #76BB77 #7698BB #BB76BB

split-complementary

#BB9976 #76BBBB #7776BB

monochromatic

#7A5C3D #A37A51 #BB9976 #CFB79F #E4D6C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#BB9976 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#BB9976 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9976

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9976	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9976	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)

#A59A74

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADA277

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69190

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9976;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 153, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.063 67.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b79d',
    500: '#bb9976',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9976;
$custom-light: #d0b79d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9976",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.435,
    "s": 33.659,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70532,
    "c": 0.063,
    "h": 67.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9976

secondary

#B9C6D4

accent

#93CA5E

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F9F6F2

border

#D2D0CC

text

#14110E

muted

#82807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9976

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

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