#BB9D78#BB9D78

#BB9D78 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.062 H 72.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9D78
RGB	rgb(187, 157, 120)
HSL	hsl(33, 33%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(33, 36%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 35.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.55, 5.76, 23.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.55, 24.20, 76.24°)
OKLab	oklab(71.38% 0.0187 0.059)
OKLCH	oklch(71.38% 0.062 72.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.9415, 36.0363, 22.8282)
Luminance	0.3604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9D78 #7896BB

analogous

#BB7B78 #BB9D78 #B8BB78

triadic

#BB9D78 #78BB9D #9D78BB

tetradic

#BB9D78 #78BB7B #7896BB #BB78B8

square

#BB9D78 #78BB7B #7896BB #BB78B8

split-complementary

#BB9D78 #78B8BB #7B78BB

monochromatic

#7B5F3E #A37F52 #BB9D78 #D0BBA1 #E4D8C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#BB9D78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#BB9D78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9D78

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9D78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9D78	1.00	2.56	8.21	8.21
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89E75

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA579

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69593

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9d78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 157, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.062 72.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b99f',
    500: '#bb9d78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9d78;
$custom-light: #d0b99f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9d78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.134,
    "s": 33.005,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7138,
    "c": 0.06188,
    "h": 72.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9D78

secondary

#BBC6D4

accent

#6DAC3A

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F9F6F2

border

#D2D0CC

text

#14110E

muted

#82807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9D78

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

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