#BB997E#BB997E

#BB997E is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.056 H 60.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB997E
RGB	rgb(187, 153, 126)
HSL	hsl(27, 31%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(27, 33%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 32.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.64, 8.71, 18.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.64, 20.87, 65.32°)
OKLab	oklab(70.7% 0.0276 0.0482)
OKLCH	oklch(70.7% 0.056 60.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.6514, 34.8552, 24.5844)
Luminance	0.3485 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB997E #7EA0BB

analogous

#BB7E82 #BB997E #BBB87E

triadic

#BB997E #7EBB99 #997EBB

tetradic

#BB997E #82BB7E #7EA0BB #B87EBB

square

#BB997E #82BB7E #7EA0BB #B87EBB

split-complementary

#BB997E #7EBBB8 #7E82BB

monochromatic

#7D5C42 #A57957 #BB997E #D0B9A6 #E5D8CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#BB997E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#BB997E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB997E

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB997E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB997E	1.00	2.63	7.97	7.97
#FFFFFF	2.63	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)

#A39B7C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA27E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69292

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb997e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 153, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.056 60.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b7a3',
    500: '#bb997e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb997e;
$custom-light: #d0b7a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb997e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.557,
    "s": 30.964,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70704,
    "c": 0.05552,
    "h": 60.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB997E

secondary

#BFCCD6

accent

#79AA3C

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F9F6F3

border

#D2D0CD

text

#14110F

muted

#82807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB997E

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

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