#BB997D#BB997D

#BB997D is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.056 H 61.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB997D
RGB	rgb(187, 153, 125)
HSL	hsl(27, 31%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(27, 33%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 33.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.62, 8.58, 19.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.62, 21.30, 66.23°)
OKLab	oklab(70.68% 0.0272 0.0494)
OKLCH	oklch(70.68% 0.056 61.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.5872, 34.8295, 24.2463)
Luminance	0.3483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB997D #7D9FBB

analogous

#BB7D80 #BB997D #BBB87D

triadic

#BB997D #7DBB99 #997DBB

tetradic

#BB997D #80BB7D #7D9FBB #B87DBB

square

#BB997D #80BB7D #7D9FBB #B87DBB

split-complementary

#BB997D #7DBBB8 #7D80BB

monochromatic

#7C5C41 #A57A56 #BB997D #D0B9A5 #E5D8CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#BB997D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#BB997D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB997D

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB997D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB997D	1.00	2.64	7.97	7.97
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49B7B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACA27D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69291

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb997d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 153, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.056 61.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b7a2',
    500: '#bb997d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb997d;
$custom-light: #d0b7a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb997d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.097,
    "s": 31.313,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70682,
    "c": 0.05642,
    "h": 61.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB997D

secondary

#BECBD6

accent

#78AA3B

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F9F6F3

border

#D2D0CD

text

#14110F

muted

#82807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB997D

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

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