#BB9156#BB9156

#BB9156 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.092 H 74.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9156
RGB	rgb(187, 145, 86)
HSL	hsl(35, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(35, 54%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.5%, 54%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.92, 8.75, 37.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.92, 38.15, 76.74°)
OKLab	oklab(68.36% 0.0244 0.0886)
OKLCH	oklch(68.36% 0.092 74.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.3002, 31.4895, 13.1791)
Luminance	0.3149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9156 #5680BB

analogous

#BB5E56 #BB9156 #B2BB56

triadic

#BB9156 #56BB91 #9156BB

tetradic

#BB9156 #56BB5E #5680BB #BB56B2

square

#BB9156 #56BB5E #5680BB #BB56B2

split-complementary

#BB9156 #56B2BB #5E56BB

monochromatic

#6B512B #97713D #BB9156 #CDAD82 #DECAAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#BB9156 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.30

#BB9156 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9156

7.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9156	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9156	1.00	2.88	7.30	7.30
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19251

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9C58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98683

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9156;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 145, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.092 74.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b187',
    500: '#bb9156',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9156;
$custom-light: #d2b187;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9156",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.05,
    "s": 42.616,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68359,
    "c": 0.09188,
    "h": 74.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9156

secondary

#A1B3CC

accent

#89D255

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4EF

border

#D3CECA

text

#14100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9156

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

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