#BB9E71#BB9E71

#BB9E71 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.070 H 78.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9E71
RGB	rgb(187, 158, 113)
HSL	hsl(36, 35%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(36, 40%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 39.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.68, 4.38, 27.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.68, 27.85, 80.96°)
OKLab	oklab(71.44% 0.0142 0.0682)
OKLCH	oklch(71.44% 0.07 78.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.7020, 36.2123, 20.7287)
Luminance	0.3621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9E71 #718EBB

analogous

#BB7971 #BB9E71 #B3BB71

triadic

#BB9E71 #71BB9E #9E71BB

tetradic

#BB9E71 #71BB79 #718EBB #BB71B3

square

#BB9E71 #71BB79 #718EBB #BB71B3

split-complementary

#BB9E71 #71B3BB #7971BB

monochromatic

#78603A #A1804D #BB9E71 #CFBA9A #E3D7C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#BB9E71 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#BB9E71 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9E71

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9E71	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9E71	1.00	2.55	8.24	8.24
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9E6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A572

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C79692

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9e71;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 158, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.070 78.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ba9a',
    500: '#bb9e71',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9e71;
$custom-light: #d1ba9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9e71",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.486,
    "s": 35.238,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71444,
    "c": 0.06967,
    "h": 78.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9E71

secondary

#B5C1D2

accent

#88CB5D

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F9F6F2

border

#D2D0CC

text

#14110E

muted

#82807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9E71

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

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