#BB9B63#BB9B63

#BB9B63 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.083 H 80.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9B63
RGB	rgb(187, 155, 99)
HSL	hsl(38, 39%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(38, 47%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 47.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.68, 4.49, 33.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.68, 34.01, 82.41°)
OKLab	oklab(70.58% 0.0133 0.0819)
OKLCH	oklch(70.58% 0.083 80.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.4682, 34.9101, 16.7247)
Luminance	0.3491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9B63 #6383BB

analogous

#BB6F63 #BB9B63 #AFBB63

triadic

#BB9B63 #63BB9B #9B63BB

tetradic

#BB9B63 #63BB6F #6383BB #BB63AF

square

#BB9B63 #63BB6F #6383BB #BB63AF

split-complementary

#BB9B63 #63AFBB #6F63BB

monochromatic

#725B32 #9D7C44 #BB9B63 #CEB68E #E0D2B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#BB9B63 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.98

#BB9B63 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9B63

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9B63	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9B63	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)

#A99B5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A365

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8918D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9b63;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 155, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.083 80.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b890',
    500: '#bb9b63',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9b63;
$custom-light: #d1b890;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9b63",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.182,
    "s": 39.286,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70583,
    "c": 0.08295,
    "h": 80.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9B63

secondary

#ABB8CF

accent

#84CF59

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110C

muted

#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9B63

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

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