#BB9165#BB9165

#BB9165 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.078 H 67.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9165
RGB	rgb(187, 145, 101)
HSL	hsl(31, 39%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(31, 46%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.5%, 46%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.14, 10.18, 29.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.14, 31.10, 70.89°)
OKLab	oklab(68.61% 0.0303 0.0721)
OKLCH	oklch(68.61% 0.078 67.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.9692, 31.7571, 16.7026)
Luminance	0.3175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9165 #658FBB

analogous

#BB6665 #BB9165 #BABB65

triadic

#BB9165 #65BB91 #9165BB

tetradic

#BB9165 #65BB66 #658FBB #BB65BA

square

#BB9165 #65BB66 #658FBB #BB65BA

split-complementary

#BB9165 #65BABB #6665BB

monochromatic

#735433 #9D7245 #BB9165 #CEAF8F #E0CEBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#BB9165 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.35

#BB9165 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9165

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9165	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9165	1.00	2.86	7.35	7.35
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F9362

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99D66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C88786

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9165;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 145, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.078 67.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b191',
    500: '#bb9165',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9165;
$custom-light: #d1b191;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9165",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.698,
    "s": 38.739,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68605,
    "c": 0.07819,
    "h": 67.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9165

secondary

#ACBDD0

accent

#93CF59

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF5F0

border

#D3CFCB

text

#14100D

muted

#837F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9165

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

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