#BB9255#BB9255

#BB9255 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.093 H 76.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9255
RGB	rgb(187, 146, 85)
HSL	hsl(36, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(36, 55%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.9%, 54.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.16, 8.12, 37.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.16, 38.81, 77.93°)
OKLab	oklab(68.54% 0.0224 0.0903)
OKLCH	oklch(68.54% 0.093 76.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.4136, 31.7805, 13.0196)
Luminance	0.3178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9255 #557EBB

analogous

#BB5F55 #BB9255 #B1BB55

triadic

#BB9255 #55BB92 #9255BB

tetradic

#BB9255 #55BB5F #557EBB #BB55B1

square

#BB9255 #55BB5F #557EBB #BB55B1

split-complementary

#BB9255 #55B1BB #5F55BB

monochromatic

#6B512B #97723C #BB9255 #CCAE81 #DECAAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#BB9255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.36

#BB9255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9255

7.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9255	1.00	2.85	7.36	7.36
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29350

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9D57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98783

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 146, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.093 76.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b186',
    500: '#bb9255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9255;
$custom-light: #d2b186;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.882,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68544,
    "c": 0.09305,
    "h": 76.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9255

secondary

#A0B2CC

accent

#88D355

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF5EF

border

#D3CFCA

text

#14100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9255

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

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