#BB9D69#BB9D69

#BB9D69 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.078 H 80.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9D69
RGB	rgb(187, 157, 105)
HSL	hsl(38, 38%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(38, 44%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 43.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.29, 4.03, 31.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.29, 31.56, 82.67°)
OKLab	oklab(71.09% 0.0125 0.0767)
OKLCH	oklch(71.09% 0.078 80.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.1014, 35.7003, 18.4038)
Luminance	0.3570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9D69 #6987BB

analogous

#BB7469 #BB9D69 #B0BB69

triadic

#BB9D69 #69BB9D #9D69BB

tetradic

#BB9D69 #69BB74 #6987BB #BB69B0

square

#BB9D69 #69BB74 #6987BB #BB69B0

split-complementary

#BB9D69 #69B0BB #7469BB

monochromatic

#755D35 #9F7F48 #BB9D69 #CEB993 #E1D4BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#BB9D69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#BB9D69 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9D69

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9D69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9D69	1.00	2.58	8.14	8.14
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9D65

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A46A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C79490

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9d69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 157, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.078 80.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b994',
    500: '#bb9d69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9d69;
$custom-light: #d1b994;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9d69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.049,
    "s": 37.615,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71094,
    "c": 0.0777,
    "h": 80.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9D69

secondary

#AFBBD1

accent

#84CE5A

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF6F1

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110D

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9D69

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

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