#BB9253#BB9253

#BB9253 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.095 H 76.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9253
RGB	rgb(187, 146, 83)
HSL	hsl(36, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(36, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.9%, 55.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.13, 7.95, 38.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.13, 39.76, 78.47°)
OKLab	oklab(68.52% 0.0216 0.0924)
OKLCH	oklch(68.52% 0.095 76.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.3353, 31.7491, 12.6070)
Luminance	0.3175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9253 #537CBB

analogous

#BB5E53 #BB9253 #B0BB53

triadic

#BB9253 #53BB92 #9253BB

tetradic

#BB9253 #53BB5E #537CBB #BB53B0

square

#BB9253 #53BB5E #537CBB #BB53B0

split-complementary

#BB9253 #53B0BB #5E53BB

monochromatic

#6A512A #96723B #BB9253 #CCAE7F #DECAAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#BB9253 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.35

#BB9253 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9253

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9253	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9253	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)

#A2934E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9D55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98783

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9253;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 146, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.095 76.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b185',
    500: '#bb9253',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9253;
$custom-light: #d2b185;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9253",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.346,
    "s": 43.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68515,
    "c": 0.09486,
    "h": 76.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9253

secondary

#9EB0CB

accent

#87D355

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF5EF

border

#D3CFCA

text

#14100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9253

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

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