#BB997B#BB997B

#BB997B is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.058 H 63.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB997B
RGB	rgb(187, 153, 123)
HSL	hsl(28, 32%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(28, 34%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 34.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.58, 8.33, 20.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.58, 22.17, 67.94°)
OKLab	oklab(70.64% 0.0264 0.0519)
OKLCH	oklch(70.64% 0.058 63.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.4607, 34.7789, 23.5802)
Luminance	0.3478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB997B #7B9DBB

analogous

#BB7B7D #BB997B #BBB97B

triadic

#BB997B #7BBB99 #997BBB

tetradic

#BB997B #7DBB7B #7B9DBB #B97BBB

square

#BB997B #7DBB7B #7B9DBB #B97BBB

split-complementary

#BB997B #7BBBB9 #7B7DBB

monochromatic

#7C5C40 #A47A55 #BB997B #D0B8A3 #E5D7CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#BB997B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#BB997B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB997B

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB997B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB997B	1.00	2.64	7.96	7.96
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49B79

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACA27B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69291

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb997b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 153, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.058 63.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b7a1',
    500: '#bb997b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb997b;
$custom-light: #d0b7a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb997b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.125,
    "s": 32,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70638,
    "c": 0.05825,
    "h": 63.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB997B

secondary

#BDCAD5

accent

#76AB3B

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F9F6F2

border

#D2D0CC

text

#14110F

muted

#82807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB997B

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

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