#BB9D79#BB9D79

#BB9D79 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.061 H 71.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9D79
RGB	rgb(187, 157, 121)
HSL	hsl(33, 33%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(33, 35%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 35.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.57, 5.88, 22.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.57, 23.73, 75.65°)
OKLab	oklab(71.4% 0.0191 0.0578)
OKLCH	oklch(71.4% 0.061 71.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.0025, 36.0607, 23.1495)
Luminance	0.3606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9D79 #7997BB

analogous

#BB7C79 #BB9D79 #B8BB79

triadic

#BB9D79 #79BB9D #9D79BB

tetradic

#BB9D79 #79BB7C #7997BB #BB79B8

square

#BB9D79 #79BB7C #7997BB #BB79B8

split-complementary

#BB9D79 #79B8BB #7C79BB

monochromatic

#7B603E #A47F53 #BB9D79 #D0BBA2 #E4D8CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#BB9D79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#BB9D79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9D79

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9D79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9D79	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)

#A89E77

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA57A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69693

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9d79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 157, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.061 71.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b9a0',
    500: '#bb9d79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9d79;
$custom-light: #d0b9a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9d79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.727,
    "s": 32.673,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.714,
    "c": 0.06084,
    "h": 71.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9D79

secondary

#BBC7D5

accent

#6EAB3A

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F9F6F2

border

#D2D0CC

text

#14110E

muted

#82807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9D79

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

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