#BB9D70#BB9D70

#BB9D70 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.070 H 77.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9D70
RGB	rgb(187, 157, 112)
HSL	hsl(36, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(36, 40%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 40.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.41, 4.80, 27.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.41, 28.09, 80.15°)
OKLab	oklab(71.22% 0.0154 0.0686)
OKLCH	oklch(71.22% 0.07 77.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.4761, 35.8502, 20.3772)
Luminance	0.3585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9D70 #708EBB

analogous

#BB7770 #BB9D70 #B3BB70

triadic

#BB9D70 #70BB9D #9D70BB

tetradic

#BB9D70 #70BB77 #708EBB #BB70B3

square

#BB9D70 #70BB77 #708EBB #BB70B3

split-complementary

#BB9D70 #70B3BB #7770BB

monochromatic

#785F39 #A17F4D #BB9D70 #CFB999 #E2D6C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#BB9D70 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#BB9D70 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9D70

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9D70	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9D70	1.00	2.57	8.17	8.17
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99D6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A471

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C79591

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9d70;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 157, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.070 77.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b999',
    500: '#bb9d70',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9d70;
$custom-light: #d1b999;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9d70",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36,
    "s": 35.545,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71221,
    "c": 0.07029,
    "h": 77.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9D70

secondary

#B5C0D2

accent

#89CC5C

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF6F2

border

#D3D0CC

text

#14110E

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9D70

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

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