#BB9D77#BB9D77

#BB9D77 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.063 H 73.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9D77
RGB	rgb(187, 157, 119)
HSL	hsl(34, 33%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(34, 36%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 36.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.53, 5.64, 24.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.53, 24.68, 76.80°)
OKLab	oklab(71.36% 0.0183 0.0602)
OKLCH	oklch(71.36% 0.063 73.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.8811, 36.0122, 22.5102)
Luminance	0.3601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9D77 #7795BB

analogous

#BB7B77 #BB9D77 #B7BB77

triadic

#BB9D77 #77BB9D #9D77BB

tetradic

#BB9D77 #77BB7B #7795BB #BB77B7

square

#BB9D77 #77BB7B #7795BB #BB77B7

split-complementary

#BB9D77 #77B7BB #7B77BB

monochromatic

#7A5F3D #A37F52 #BB9D77 #CFBAA0 #E4D8C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#BB9D77 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#BB9D77 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9D77

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9D77	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9D77	1.00	2.56	8.20	8.20
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89E74

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA578

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69593

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9d77;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 157, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.063 73.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b99e',
    500: '#bb9d77',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9d77;
$custom-light: #d0b99e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9d77",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.529,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71359,
    "c": 0.06292,
    "h": 73.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9D77

secondary

#BAC5D4

accent

#8EC95E

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F9F6F2

border

#D2D0CC

text

#14110E

muted

#82807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9D77

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

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