#BB9F75#BB9F75

#BB9F75 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.066 H 77.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9F75
RGB	rgb(187, 159, 117)
HSL	hsl(36, 34%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(36, 37%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 37.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.01, 4.30, 25.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.01, 26.12, 80.52°)
OKLab	oklab(71.73% 0.0143 0.0643)
OKLCH	oklch(71.73% 0.066 77.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.1034, 36.6469, 21.9980)
Luminance	0.3664 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9F75 #7591BB

analogous

#BB7C75 #BB9F75 #B4BB75

triadic

#BB9F75 #75BB9F #9F75BB

tetradic

#BB9F75 #75BB7C #7591BB #BB75B4

square

#BB9F75 #75BB7C #7591BB #BB75B4

split-complementary

#BB9F75 #75B4BB #7C75BB

monochromatic

#7A613C #A38250 #BB9F75 #CFBC9E #E3D8C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#BB9F75 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#BB9F75 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9F75

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9F75	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9F75	1.00	2.52	8.33	8.33
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9F72

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A676

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69794

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9f75;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 159, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.066 77.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bb9d',
    500: '#bb9f75',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9f75;
$custom-light: #d0bb9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9f75",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36,
    "s": 33.981,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71726,
    "c": 0.06582,
    "h": 77.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9F75

secondary

#B8C3D3

accent

#89CA5E

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F9F6F2

border

#D2D0CC

text

#14110E

muted

#82807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9F75

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

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