#BB9D71#BB9D71

#BB9D71 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.069 H 76.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9D71
RGB	rgb(187, 157, 113)
HSL	hsl(36, 35%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(36, 40%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 39.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.42, 4.92, 27.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.42, 27.60, 79.73°)
OKLab	oklab(71.24% 0.0158 0.0674)
OKLCH	oklch(71.24% 0.069 76.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.5321, 35.8726, 20.6721)
Luminance	0.3587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9D71 #718FBB

analogous

#BB7871 #BB9D71 #B4BB71

triadic

#BB9D71 #71BB9D #9D71BB

tetradic

#BB9D71 #71BB78 #718FBB #BB71B4

square

#BB9D71 #71BB78 #718FBB #BB71B4

split-complementary

#BB9D71 #71B4BB #7871BB

monochromatic

#785F3A #A17F4D #BB9D71 #CFBA9A #E3D6C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#BB9D71 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#BB9D71 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9D71

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9D71	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9D71	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)

#A99D6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A572

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C79592

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9d71;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 157, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.069 76.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b99a',
    500: '#bb9d71',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9d71;
$custom-light: #d1b99a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9d71",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.676,
    "s": 35.238,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7124,
    "c": 0.06923,
    "h": 76.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9D71

secondary

#B5C1D2

accent

#89CB5D

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F9F6F2

border

#D2D0CC

text

#14110E

muted

#82807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9D71

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

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