#BB9254#BB9254

#BB9254 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.094 H 76.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9254
RGB	rgb(187, 146, 84)
HSL	hsl(36, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(36, 55%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.9%, 55.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.15, 8.03, 38.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.15, 39.29, 78.20°)
OKLab	oklab(68.53% 0.022 0.0913)
OKLCH	oklch(68.53% 0.094 76.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.3742, 31.7647, 12.8118)
Luminance	0.3176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9254 #547DBB

analogous

#BB5F54 #BB9254 #B0BB54

triadic

#BB9254 #54BB92 #9254BB

tetradic

#BB9254 #54BB5F #547DBB #BB54B0

square

#BB9254 #54BB5F #547DBB #BB54B0

split-complementary

#BB9254 #54B0BB #5F54BB

monochromatic

#6A512A #96723C #BB9254 #CCAE80 #DECAAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#BB9254 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.35

#BB9254 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9254

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9254	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9254	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)

#A2934F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9D56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98783

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9254;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 146, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.094 76.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b185',
    500: '#bb9254',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9254;
$custom-light: #d2b185;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9254",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.117,
    "s": 43.096,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6853,
    "c": 0.09395,
    "h": 76.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9254

secondary

#9FB1CC

accent

#87D355

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF5EF

border

#D3CFCA

text

#14100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9254

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

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