#BB9B70#BB9B70

#BB9B70 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.070 H 74.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9B70
RGB	rgb(187, 155, 112)
HSL	hsl(34, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(34, 40%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 40.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.89, 5.90, 27.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.89, 27.63, 77.68°)
OKLab	oklab(70.82% 0.0186 0.067)
OKLCH	oklch(70.82% 0.07 74.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.1405, 35.1790, 20.2653)
Luminance	0.3518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9B70 #7090BB

analogous

#BB7570 #BB9B70 #B5BB70

triadic

#BB9B70 #70BB9B #9B70BB

tetradic

#BB9B70 #70BB75 #7090BB #BB70B5

square

#BB9B70 #70BB75 #7090BB #BB70B5

split-complementary

#BB9B70 #70B5BB #7570BB

monochromatic

#785D39 #A17D4D #BB9B70 #CFB899 #E2D5C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#BB9B70 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#BB9B70 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9B70

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9B70	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9B70	1.00	2.61	8.04	8.04
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79C6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA371

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C79390

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9b70;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 155, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.070 74.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b899',
    500: '#bb9b70',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9b70;
$custom-light: #d1b899;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9b70",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.4,
    "s": 35.545,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70815,
    "c": 0.06952,
    "h": 74.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9B70

secondary

#B5C1D2

accent

#8CCC5C

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF6F2

border

#D3D0CC

text

#14110E

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9B70

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

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