#BB997A#BB997A

#BB997A is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.059 H 64.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB997A
RGB	rgb(187, 153, 122)
HSL	hsl(29, 32%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(29, 35%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 34.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.56, 8.20, 21.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.56, 22.61, 68.74°)
OKLab	oklab(70.62% 0.026 0.0532)
OKLCH	oklch(70.62% 0.059 64)
XYZ	xyz(35.3984, 34.7540, 23.2522)
Luminance	0.3475 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB997A #7A9CBB

analogous

#BB7A7B #BB997A #BBB97A

triadic

#BB997A #7ABB99 #997ABB

tetradic

#BB997A #7BBB7A #7A9CBB #B97ABB

square

#BB997A #7BBB7A #7A9CBB #B97ABB

split-complementary

#BB997A #7ABBB9 #7A7BBB

monochromatic

#7B5C3F #A47A54 #BB997A #D0B8A2 #E4D7CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#BB997A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#BB997A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB997A

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB997A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB997A	1.00	2.64	7.95	7.95
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49B78

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACA27B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69291

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb997a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 153, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.059 64.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b7a0',
    500: '#bb997a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb997a;
$custom-light: #d0b7a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb997a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.615,
    "s": 32.338,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70616,
    "c": 0.05918,
    "h": 64
  },
  "luminance": 0.34752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB997A

secondary

#BCC9D5

accent

#75AB3A

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F9F6F2

border

#D2D0CC

text

#14110E

muted

#82807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB997A

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

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