#BB9050#BB9050

#BB9050 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.097 H 75.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9050
RGB	rgb(187, 144, 80)
HSL	hsl(36, 44%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(36, 57%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23%, 57.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.59, 8.80, 39.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.59, 40.81, 77.55°)
OKLab	oklab(68.07% 0.0237 0.094)
OKLCH	oklch(68.07% 0.097 75.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.9164, 31.0926, 11.9083)
Luminance	0.3109 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9050 #507BBB

analogous

#BB5B50 #BB9050 #B0BB50

triadic

#BB9050 #50BB90 #9050BB

tetradic

#BB9050 #50BB5B #507BBB #BB50B0

square

#BB9050 #50BB5B #507BBB #BB50B0

split-complementary

#BB9050 #50B0BB #5B50BB

monochromatic

#684F28 #94703A #BB9050 #CCAC7C #DDC8A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#BB9050 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.22

#BB9050 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9050

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9050	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9050	1.00	2.91	7.22	7.22
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0914A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9C52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8481

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9050;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 144, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.097 75.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b083',
    500: '#bb9050',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9050;
$custom-light: #d2b083;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9050",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.888,
    "s": 44.033,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68073,
    "c": 0.09696,
    "h": 75.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9050

secondary

#9CAFCB

accent

#87D454

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4EF

border

#D3CECA

text

#14100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9050

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

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