#BB9252#BB9252

#BB9252 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.096 H 77.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9252
RGB	rgb(187, 146, 82)
HSL	hsl(37, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(37, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.9%, 56.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.12, 7.86, 39.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.12, 40.24, 78.73°)
OKLab	oklab(68.5% 0.0212 0.0934)
OKLCH	oklch(68.5% 0.096 77.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.2970, 31.7338, 12.4051)
Luminance	0.3173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9252 #527BBB

analogous

#BB5D52 #BB9252 #B0BB52

triadic

#BB9252 #52BB92 #9252BB

tetradic

#BB9252 #52BB5D #527BBB #BB52B0

square

#BB9252 #52BB5D #527BBB #BB52B0

split-complementary

#BB9252 #52B0BB #5D52BB

monochromatic

#695029 #95723B #BB9252 #CCAE7E #DEC9AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#BB9252 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.35

#BB9252 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9252

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9252	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9252	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)

#A2934C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9D54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98783

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9252;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 146, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.096 77.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b184',
    500: '#bb9252',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9252;
$custom-light: #d2b184;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9252",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.571,
    "s": 43.568,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68501,
    "c": 0.09575,
    "h": 77.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9252

secondary

#9EAFCB

accent

#86D354

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF5EF

border

#D3CFCA

text

#14100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9252

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

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