#BB9E75#BB9E75

#BB9E75 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.065 H 76.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9E75
RGB	rgb(187, 158, 117)
HSL	hsl(35, 34%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(35, 37%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 37.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.75, 4.85, 25.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.75, 25.88, 79.21°)
OKLab	oklab(71.52% 0.0159 0.0635)
OKLCH	oklch(71.52% 0.065 76)
XYZ	xyz(35.9321, 36.3044, 21.9409)
Luminance	0.3630 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9E75 #7592BB

analogous

#BB7B75 #BB9E75 #B5BB75

triadic

#BB9E75 #75BB9E #9E75BB

tetradic

#BB9E75 #75BB7B #7592BB #BB75B5

square

#BB9E75 #75BB7B #7592BB #BB75B5

split-complementary

#BB9E75 #75B5BB #7B75BB

monochromatic

#7A603C #A38050 #BB9E75 #CFBB9E #E3D8C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#BB9E75 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#BB9E75 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9E75

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9E75	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9E75	1.00	2.54	8.26	8.26
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99E72

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A576

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69693

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9e75;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 158, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.065 76.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ba9d',
    500: '#bb9e75',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9e75;
$custom-light: #d0ba9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9e75",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.143,
    "s": 33.981,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71522,
    "c": 0.0654,
    "h": 76
  },
  "luminance": 0.36303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9E75

secondary

#B8C4D3

accent

#8BCA5E

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F9F6F2

border

#D2D0CC

text

#14110E

muted

#82807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9E75

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

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