#BB9E72#BB9E72

#BB9E72 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.069 H 77.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9E72
RGB	rgb(187, 158, 114)
HSL	hsl(36, 35%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(36, 39%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 39%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.70, 4.49, 26.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.70, 27.35, 80.55°)
OKLab	oklab(71.46% 0.0146 0.067)
OKLCH	oklch(71.46% 0.069 77.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.7586, 36.2350, 21.0268)
Luminance	0.3623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9E72 #728FBB

analogous

#BB7A72 #BB9E72 #B4BB72

triadic

#BB9E72 #72BB9E #9E72BB

tetradic

#BB9E72 #72BB7A #728FBB #BB72B4

square

#BB9E72 #72BB7A #728FBB #BB72B4

split-complementary

#BB9E72 #72B4BB #7A72BB

monochromatic

#78603A #A2814E #BB9E72 #CFBA9B #E3D7C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#BB9E72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#BB9E72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9E72

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9E72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9E72	1.00	2.55	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9E6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A573

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69693

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9e72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 158, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.069 77.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ba9b',
    500: '#bb9e72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9e72;
$custom-light: #d1ba9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9e72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.164,
    "s": 34.928,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71463,
    "c": 0.0686,
    "h": 77.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9E72

secondary

#B6C1D3

accent

#89CB5D

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F9F6F2

border

#D2D0CC

text

#14110E

muted

#82807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9E72

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

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