#BB997C#BB997C

#BB997C is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.057 H 62.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB997C
RGB	rgb(187, 153, 124)
HSL	hsl(28, 32%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(28, 34%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 33.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.60, 8.45, 20.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.60, 21.73, 67.10°)
OKLab	oklab(70.66% 0.0268 0.0507)
OKLCH	oklch(70.66% 0.057 62.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.5236, 34.8041, 23.9116)
Luminance	0.3480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB997C #7C9EBB

analogous

#BB7C7E #BB997C #BBB87C

triadic

#BB997C #7CBB99 #997CBB

tetradic

#BB997C #7EBB7C #7C9EBB #B87CBB

square

#BB997C #7EBB7C #7C9EBB #B87CBB

split-complementary

#BB997C #7CBBB8 #7C7EBB

monochromatic

#7C5C40 #A47A55 #BB997C #D0B8A4 #E5D8CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#BB997C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#BB997C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB997C

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB997C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB997C	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)

#A49B7A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACA27C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69291

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb997c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 153, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.057 62.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b7a2',
    500: '#bb997c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb997c;
$custom-light: #d0b7a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb997c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.619,
    "s": 31.658,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7066,
    "c": 0.05733,
    "h": 62.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB997C

secondary

#BECAD5

accent

#77AA3B

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F9F6F2

border

#D2D0CC

text

#14110F

muted

#82807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB997C

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

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