#BB9E79#BB9E79

#BB9E79 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.061 H 73.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9E79
RGB	rgb(187, 158, 121)
HSL	hsl(34, 33%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(34, 35%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 35.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.82, 5.34, 23.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.82, 23.94, 77.12°)
OKLab	oklab(71.6% 0.0175 0.0586)
OKLCH	oklch(71.6% 0.061 73.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.1724, 36.4005, 23.2061)
Luminance	0.3640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9E79 #7996BB

analogous

#BB7D79 #BB9E79 #B7BB79

triadic

#BB9E79 #79BB9E #9E79BB

tetradic

#BB9E79 #79BB7D #7996BB #BB79B7

square

#BB9E79 #79BB7D #7996BB #BB79B7

split-complementary

#BB9E79 #79B7BB #7D79BB

monochromatic

#7B603E #A48053 #BB9E79 #D0BBA2 #E4D9CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#BB9E79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#BB9E79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9E79

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9E79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9E79	1.00	2.54	8.28	8.28
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99F76

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A57A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69794

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9e79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 158, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.061 73.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0baa0',
    500: '#bb9e79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9e79;
$custom-light: #d0baa0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9e79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.636,
    "s": 32.673,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71603,
    "c": 0.06116,
    "h": 73.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9E79

secondary

#BBC6D5

accent

#6CAB3A

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F9F6F2

border

#D2D0CC

text

#14110E

muted

#82807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9E79

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

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