#BB9D73#BB9D73

#BB9D73 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.067 H 75.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9D73
RGB	rgb(187, 157, 115)
HSL	hsl(35, 35%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(35, 39%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 38.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.46, 5.15, 26.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.46, 26.62, 78.84°)
OKLab	oklab(71.28% 0.0166 0.065)
OKLCH	oklch(71.28% 0.067 75.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.6459, 35.9181, 21.2716)
Luminance	0.3592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9D73 #7391BB

analogous

#BB7973 #BB9D73 #B5BB73

triadic

#BB9D73 #73BB9D #9D73BB

tetradic

#BB9D73 #73BB79 #7391BB #BB73B5

square

#BB9D73 #73BB79 #7391BB #BB73B5

split-complementary

#BB9D73 #73B5BB #7973BB

monochromatic

#795F3B #A27F4F #BB9D73 #CFBA9C #E3D7C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#BB9D73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#BB9D73 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9D73

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9D73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9D73	1.00	2.57	8.18	8.18
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99D70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A574

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69592

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9d73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 157, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.067 75.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b99b',
    500: '#bb9d73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9d73;
$custom-light: #d1b99b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9d73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35,
    "s": 34.615,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71279,
    "c": 0.06712,
    "h": 75.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9D73

secondary

#B7C3D3

accent

#8BCB5D

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F9F6F2

border

#D2D0CC

text

#14110E

muted

#82807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9D73

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

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