#BB7959#BB7959

#BB7959 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.095 H 46.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB7959
RGB	rgb(187, 121, 89)
HSL	hsl(20, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(20, 52%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.3%, 52.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.04, 22.31, 28.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.04, 35.90, 51.58°)
OKLab	oklab(63.8% 0.0652 0.0685)
OKLCH	oklch(63.8% 0.095 46.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.1358, 24.9633, 12.7332)
Luminance	0.2496 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB7959 #599BBB

analogous

#BB596A #BB7959 #BBAA59

triadic

#BB7959 #59BB79 #7959BB

tetradic

#BB7959 #6ABB59 #599BBB #AA59BB

square

#BB7959 #6ABB59 #599BBB #AA59BB

split-complementary

#BB7959 #59BBAA #596ABB

monochromatic

#6D422D #985C3E #BB7959 #CD9C84 #DFBFB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#BB7959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.99

#BB7959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB7959

5.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB7959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB7959	1.00	3.50	5.99	5.99
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B8056

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8E59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA6D71

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb7959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 121, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.095 46.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3a088',
    500: '#bb7959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb7959;
$custom-light: #d3a088;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb7959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.592,
    "s": 41.88,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.638,
    "c": 0.09459,
    "h": 46.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB7959

secondary

#A3BFCD

accent

#A9D256

background

#FDF9F8

surface

#FAF2F0

border

#D3CCCB

text

#150E0B

muted

#837E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB7959

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

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