#BB9159#BB9159

#BB9159 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.089 H 73.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9159
RGB	rgb(187, 145, 89)
HSL	hsl(34, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(34, 52%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.5%, 52.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.96, 9.02, 35.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.96, 36.73, 75.79°)
OKLab	oklab(68.4% 0.0255 0.0854)
OKLCH	oklch(68.4% 0.089 73.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.4236, 31.5389, 13.8291)
Luminance	0.3154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9159 #5983BB

analogous

#BB6059 #BB9159 #B4BB59

triadic

#BB9159 #59BB91 #9159BB

tetradic

#BB9159 #59BB60 #5983BB #BB59B4

square

#BB9159 #59BB60 #5983BB #BB59B4

split-complementary

#BB9159 #59B4BB #6059BB

monochromatic

#6D512D #98723E #BB9159 #CDAE84 #DFCBB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#BB9159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.31

#BB9159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9159

7.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9159	1.00	2.87	7.31	7.31
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09254

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9C5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98683

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 145, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.089 73.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b189',
    500: '#bb9159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9159;
$custom-light: #d2b189;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.286,
    "s": 41.88,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68404,
    "c": 0.08916,
    "h": 73.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9159

secondary

#A3B5CD

accent

#8BD256

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4F0

border

#D3CECB

text

#14100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9159

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

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