#BB9F72#BB9F72

#BB9F72 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.069 H 79.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9F72
RGB	rgb(187, 159, 114)
HSL	hsl(37, 35%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(37, 39%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 39%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.96, 3.95, 27.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.96, 27.61, 81.78°)
OKLab	oklab(71.67% 0.013 0.0678)
OKLCH	oklch(71.67% 0.069 79.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.9298, 36.5775, 21.0839)
Luminance	0.3658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9F72 #728EBB

analogous

#BB7B72 #BB9F72 #B3BB72

triadic

#BB9F72 #72BB9F #9F72BB

tetradic

#BB9F72 #72BB7B #728EBB #BB72B3

square

#BB9F72 #72BB7B #728EBB #BB72B3

split-complementary

#BB9F72 #72B3BB #7B72BB

monochromatic

#78613A #A2824E #BB9F72 #CFBB9B #E3D7C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#BB9F72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#BB9F72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9F72

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9F72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9F72	1.00	2.53	8.32	8.32
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9F6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A673

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69793

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9f72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 159, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.069 79.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bb9b',
    500: '#bb9f72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9f72;
$custom-light: #d1bb9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9f72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.986,
    "s": 34.928,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71667,
    "c": 0.06907,
    "h": 79.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9F72

secondary

#B6C1D3

accent

#87CB5D

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F9F6F2

border

#D2D0CC

text

#14110E

muted

#82807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9F72

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

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