#BB9E77#BB9E77

#BB9E77 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.063 H 74.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9E77
RGB	rgb(187, 158, 119)
HSL	hsl(34, 33%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(34, 36%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 36.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.79, 5.09, 24.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.79, 24.90, 78.21°)
OKLab	oklab(71.56% 0.0167 0.061)
OKLCH	oklch(71.56% 0.063 74.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.0510, 36.3520, 22.5668)
Luminance	0.3635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9E77 #7794BB

analogous

#BB7C77 #BB9E77 #B6BB77

triadic

#BB9E77 #77BB9E #9E77BB

tetradic

#BB9E77 #77BB7C #7794BB #BB77B6

square

#BB9E77 #77BB7C #7794BB #BB77B6

split-complementary

#BB9E77 #77B6BB #7C77BB

monochromatic

#7A603D #A38052 #BB9E77 #CFBBA0 #E4D8C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#BB9E77 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#BB9E77 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9E77

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9E77	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9E77	1.00	2.54	8.27	8.27
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99E74

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A578

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69694

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9e77;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 158, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.063 74.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ba9e',
    500: '#bb9e77',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9e77;
$custom-light: #d0ba9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9e77",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.412,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71562,
    "c": 0.06327,
    "h": 74.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9E77

secondary

#BAC5D4

accent

#8CC95E

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F9F6F2

border

#D2D0CC

text

#14110E

muted

#82807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9E77

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

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