#BB9977#BB9977

#BB9977 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.062 H 66.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9977
RGB	rgb(187, 153, 119)
HSL	hsl(30, 33%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(30, 36%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 36.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.50, 7.83, 22.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.50, 23.96, 70.94°)
OKLab	oklab(70.55% 0.0247 0.0569)
OKLCH	oklch(70.55% 0.062 66.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.2154, 34.6808, 22.2883)
Luminance	0.3468 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9977 #7799BB

analogous

#BB7777 #BB9977 #BBBB77

triadic

#BB9977 #77BB99 #9977BB

tetradic

#BB9977 #77BB77 #7799BB #BB77BB

square

#BB9977 #77BB77 #7799BB #BB77BB

split-complementary

#BB9977 #77BBBB #7777BB

monochromatic

#7A5C3D #A37A52 #BB9977 #CFB8A0 #E4D6C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#BB9977 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.94

#BB9977 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9977

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9977	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9977	1.00	2.65	7.94	7.94
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49B75

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACA278

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69190

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9977;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 153, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.062 66.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b79e',
    500: '#bb9977',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9977;
$custom-light: #d0b79e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9977",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70552,
    "c": 0.06203,
    "h": 66.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9977

secondary

#BAC7D4

accent

#94C95E

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F9F6F2

border

#D2D0CC

text

#14110E

muted

#82807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9977

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

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