#BB9F73#BB9F73

#BB9F73 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.068 H 78.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9F73
RGB	rgb(187, 159, 115)
HSL	hsl(37, 35%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(37, 39%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 38.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.98, 4.06, 26.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.98, 27.11, 81.38°)
OKLab	oklab(71.69% 0.0134 0.0667)
OKLCH	oklch(71.69% 0.068 78.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.9871, 36.6004, 21.3853)
Luminance	0.3660 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9F73 #738FBB

analogous

#BB7B73 #BB9F73 #B3BB73

triadic

#BB9F73 #73BB9F #9F73BB

tetradic

#BB9F73 #73BB7B #738FBB #BB73B3

square

#BB9F73 #73BB7B #738FBB #BB73B3

split-complementary

#BB9F73 #73B3BB #7B73BB

monochromatic

#79613B #A2824F #BB9F73 #CFBB9C #E3D7C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#BB9F73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#BB9F73 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9F73

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9F73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9F73	1.00	2.52	8.32	8.32
#FFFFFF	2.52	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)

#AB9F70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A674

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69794

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9f73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 159, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.068 78.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bb9b',
    500: '#bb9f73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9f73;
$custom-light: #d1bb9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9f73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.667,
    "s": 34.615,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71686,
    "c": 0.06799,
    "h": 78.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9F73

secondary

#B7C2D3

accent

#88CB5D

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F9F6F2

border

#D2D0CC

text

#14110E

muted

#82807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9F73

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

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