#BB9C69#BB9C69

#BB9C69 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.077 H 79.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9C69
RGB	rgb(187, 156, 105)
HSL	hsl(37, 38%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(37, 44%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.6%, 43.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.03, 4.57, 30.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.03, 31.30, 81.60°)
OKLab	oklab(70.89% 0.0141 0.0759)
OKLCH	oklch(70.89% 0.077 79.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.9329, 35.3633, 18.3476)
Luminance	0.3536 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9C69 #6988BB

analogous

#BB7369 #BB9C69 #B1BB69

triadic

#BB9C69 #69BB9C #9C69BB

tetradic

#BB9C69 #69BB73 #6988BB #BB69B1

square

#BB9C69 #69BB73 #6988BB #BB69B1

split-complementary

#BB9C69 #69B1BB #7369BB

monochromatic

#755D35 #9F7E48 #BB9C69 #CEB893 #E1D4BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#BB9C69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#BB9C69 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9C69

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9C69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9C69	1.00	2.60	8.07	8.07
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99C65

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A46A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7938F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9c69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 156, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.077 79.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b994',
    500: '#bb9c69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9c69;
$custom-light: #d1b994;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9c69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.317,
    "s": 37.615,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7089,
    "c": 0.07721,
    "h": 79.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9C69

secondary

#AFBCD1

accent

#86CE5A

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF6F1

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110D

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9C69

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

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