#BB9D74#BB9D74

#BB9D74 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.066 H 75.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9D74
RGB	rgb(187, 157, 116)
HSL	hsl(35, 34%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(35, 38%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 38%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.47, 5.27, 25.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.47, 26.13, 78.36°)
OKLab	oklab(71.3% 0.017 0.0638)
OKLCH	oklch(71.3% 0.066 75.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.7038, 35.9413, 21.5763)
Luminance	0.3594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9D74 #7492BB

analogous

#BB7A74 #BB9D74 #B6BB74

triadic

#BB9D74 #74BB9D #9D74BB

tetradic

#BB9D74 #74BB7A #7492BB #BB74B6

square

#BB9D74 #74BB7A #7492BB #BB74B6

split-complementary

#BB9D74 #74B6BB #7A74BB

monochromatic

#795F3B #A27F4F #BB9D74 #CFBA9D #E3D7C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#BB9D74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#BB9D74 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9D74

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9D74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9D74	1.00	2.56	8.19	8.19
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99D71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A575

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69592

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9d74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 157, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.066 75.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b99c',
    500: '#bb9d74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9d74;
$custom-light: #d1b99c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9d74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.648,
    "s": 34.3,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71299,
    "c": 0.06606,
    "h": 75.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9D74

secondary

#B8C3D3

accent

#8BCA5D

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F9F6F2

border

#D2D0CC

text

#14110E

muted

#82807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9D74

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

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