#BB9B79#BB9B79

#BB9B79 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.060 H 68.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9B79
RGB	rgb(187, 155, 121)
HSL	hsl(31, 33%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(31, 35%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 35.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.05, 6.98, 22.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.05, 23.36, 72.62°)
OKLab	oklab(71% 0.0223 0.0561)
OKLCH	oklch(71% 0.06 68.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.6669, 35.3895, 23.0376)
Luminance	0.3539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9B79 #7999BB

analogous

#BB7A79 #BB9B79 #BABB79

triadic

#BB9B79 #79BB9B #9B79BB

tetradic

#BB9B79 #79BB7A #7999BB #BB79BA

square

#BB9B79 #79BB7A #7999BB #BB79BA

split-complementary

#BB9B79 #79BABB #7A79BB

monochromatic

#7B5E3E #A47D53 #BB9B79 #D0B9A2 #E4D8CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#BB9B79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#BB9B79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9B79

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9B79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9B79	1.00	2.60	8.08	8.08
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69C77

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA37A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69492

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9b79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 155, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.060 68.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b8a0',
    500: '#bb9b79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9b79;
$custom-light: #d0b8a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9b79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.909,
    "s": 32.673,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70997,
    "c": 0.06037,
    "h": 68.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9B79

secondary

#BBC8D5

accent

#71AB3A

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F9F6F2

border

#D2D0CC

text

#14110E

muted

#82807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9B79

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

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