#BB9157#BB9157

#BB9157 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.091 H 74.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9157
RGB	rgb(187, 145, 87)
HSL	hsl(35, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(35, 53%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.5%, 53.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.93, 8.84, 36.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.93, 37.68, 76.43°)
OKLab	oklab(68.37% 0.0248 0.0876)
OKLCH	oklch(68.37% 0.091 74.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.3407, 31.5057, 13.3928)
Luminance	0.3150 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9157 #5781BB

analogous

#BB5F57 #BB9157 #B3BB57

triadic

#BB9157 #57BB91 #9157BB

tetradic

#BB9157 #57BB5F #5781BB #BB57B3

square

#BB9157 #57BB5F #5781BB #BB57B3

split-complementary

#BB9157 #57B3BB #5F57BB

monochromatic

#6C512C #97723D #BB9157 #CDAE83 #DECAAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#BB9157 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.30

#BB9157 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9157

7.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9157	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9157	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)

#A19252

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9C58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98683

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9157;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 145, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.091 74.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b187',
    500: '#bb9157',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9157;
$custom-light: #d2b187;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9157",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.8,
    "s": 42.373,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68374,
    "c": 0.09098,
    "h": 74.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9157

secondary

#A2B3CC

accent

#8AD256

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4F0

border

#D3CECB

text

#14100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9157

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

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