#BB997F#BB997F

#BB997F is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.055 H 59.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB997F
RGB	rgb(187, 153, 127)
HSL	hsl(26, 31%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(26, 32%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 32.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.66, 8.84, 18.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.66, 20.45, 64.37°)
OKLab	oklab(70.73% 0.028 0.0469)
OKLCH	oklch(70.73% 0.055 59.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.7162, 34.8811, 24.9260)
Luminance	0.3488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB997F #7FA1BB

analogous

#BB7F83 #BB997F #BBB77F

triadic

#BB997F #7FBB99 #997FBB

tetradic

#BB997F #83BB7F #7FA1BB #B77FBB

square

#BB997F #83BB7F #7FA1BB #B77FBB

split-complementary

#BB997F #7FBBB7 #7F83BB

monochromatic

#7D5C42 #A57958 #BB997F #D0B9A7 #E5D9CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#BB997F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.98

#BB997F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB997F

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB997F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB997F	1.00	2.63	7.98	7.98
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39B7D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA27F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69292

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb997f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 153, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.055 59.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b7a4',
    500: '#bb997f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb997f;
$custom-light: #d0b7a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb997f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26,
    "s": 30.612,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70726,
    "c": 0.05464,
    "h": 59.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB997F

secondary

#C0CCD6

accent

#7AA93C

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F9F6F4

border

#D2D0CE

text

#14110F

muted

#82807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB997F

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

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