#BB9059#BB9059

#BB9059 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.089 H 72.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9059
RGB	rgb(187, 144, 89)
HSL	hsl(34, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(34, 52%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23%, 52.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.71, 9.57, 35.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.71, 36.56, 74.83°)
OKLab	oklab(68.21% 0.0272 0.0847)
OKLCH	oklch(68.21% 0.089 72.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.2715, 31.2346, 13.7784)
Luminance	0.3123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9059 #5984BB

analogous

#BB5F59 #BB9059 #B5BB59

triadic

#BB9059 #59BB90 #9059BB

tetradic

#BB9059 #59BB5F #5984BB #BB59B5

square

#BB9059 #59BB5F #5984BB #BB59B5

split-complementary

#BB9059 #59B5BB #5F59BB

monochromatic

#6D512D #98713E #BB9059 #CDAD84 #DFCAB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#BB9059 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.25

#BB9059 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9059

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9059	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9059	1.00	2.90	7.25	7.25
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F9255

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9C5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98583

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9059;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 144, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.089 72.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b089',
    500: '#bb9059',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9059;
$custom-light: #d2b089;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9059",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.673,
    "s": 41.88,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68205,
    "c": 0.08897,
    "h": 72.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9059

secondary

#A3B5CD

accent

#8CD256

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4F0

border

#D3CECB

text

#14100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9059

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

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