#BB9C72#BB9C72

#BB9C72 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.068 H 74.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9C72
RGB	rgb(187, 156, 114)
HSL	hsl(35, 35%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(35, 39%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.6%, 39%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.18, 5.58, 26.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.18, 26.88, 78.01°)
OKLab	oklab(71.06% 0.0178 0.0654)
OKLCH	oklch(71.06% 0.068 74.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.4202, 35.5582, 20.9140)
Luminance	0.3556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9C72 #7291BB

analogous

#BB7872 #BB9C72 #B5BB72

triadic

#BB9C72 #72BB9C #9C72BB

tetradic

#BB9C72 #72BB78 #7291BB #BB72B5

square

#BB9C72 #72BB78 #7291BB #BB72B5

split-complementary

#BB9C72 #72B5BB #7872BB

monochromatic

#785E3A #A27E4E #BB9C72 #CFB99B #E3D6C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#BB9C72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#BB9C72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9C72

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9C72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9C72	1.00	2.59	8.11	8.11
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89D6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA473

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C79491

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9c72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 156, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.068 74.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b99b',
    500: '#bb9c72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9c72;
$custom-light: #d1b99b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9c72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.521,
    "s": 34.928,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71057,
    "c": 0.0678,
    "h": 74.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9C72

secondary

#B6C2D3

accent

#8CCB5D

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F9F6F2

border

#D2D0CC

text

#14110E

muted

#82807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9C72

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

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