#BB9051#BB9051

#BB9051 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.096 H 75.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9051
RGB	rgb(187, 144, 81)
HSL	hsl(36, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(36, 57%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23%, 56.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.60, 8.88, 39.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.60, 40.34, 77.28°)
OKLab	oklab(68.09% 0.0241 0.093)
OKLCH	oklch(68.09% 0.096 75.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.9536, 31.1075, 12.1043)
Luminance	0.3110 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9051 #517CBB

analogous

#BB5B51 #BB9051 #B1BB51

triadic

#BB9051 #51BB90 #9051BB

tetradic

#BB9051 #51BB5B #517CBB #BB51B1

square

#BB9051 #51BB5B #517CBB #BB51B1

split-complementary

#BB9051 #51B1BB #5B51BB

monochromatic

#694F29 #95703A #BB9051 #CCAC7D #DDC8A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#BB9051 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.22

#BB9051 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9051

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9051	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9051	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)

#A0914B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9C53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8581

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9051;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 144, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.096 75.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b083',
    500: '#bb9051',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9051;
$custom-light: #d2b083;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9051",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.66,
    "s": 43.802,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68087,
    "c": 0.09608,
    "h": 75.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9051

secondary

#9DB0CB

accent

#88D454

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4EF

border

#D3CECA

text

#14100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9051

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

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