#BB9B73#BB9B73

#BB9B73 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.066 H 72.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9B73
RGB	rgb(187, 155, 115)
HSL	hsl(33, 35%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(33, 39%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 38.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.94, 6.25, 25.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.94, 26.19, 76.20°)
OKLab	oklab(70.87% 0.0198 0.0634)
OKLCH	oklch(70.87% 0.066 72.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.3103, 35.2469, 21.1597)
Luminance	0.3524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9B73 #7393BB

analogous

#BB7773 #BB9B73 #B7BB73

triadic

#BB9B73 #73BB9B #9B73BB

tetradic

#BB9B73 #73BB77 #7393BB #BB73B7

square

#BB9B73 #73BB77 #7393BB #BB73B7

split-complementary

#BB9B73 #73B7BB #7773BB

monochromatic

#795D3B #A27D4F #BB9B73 #CFB89C #E3D6C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#BB9B73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#BB9B73 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9B73

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9B73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9B73	1.00	2.61	8.05	8.05
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79C70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA374

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C79391

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9b73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 155, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.066 72.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b89b',
    500: '#bb9b73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9b73;
$custom-light: #d1b89b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9b73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.333,
    "s": 34.615,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70874,
    "c": 0.06644,
    "h": 72.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9B73

secondary

#B7C3D3

accent

#8ECB5D

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F9F6F2

border

#D2D0CC

text

#14110E

muted

#82807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9B73

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

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