#BB9258#BB9258

#BB9258 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.090 H 74.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9258
RGB	rgb(187, 146, 88)
HSL	hsl(35, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(35, 53%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.9%, 52.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.20, 8.38, 36.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.20, 37.38, 77.05°)
OKLab	oklab(68.59% 0.0235 0.0872)
OKLCH	oklch(68.59% 0.09 74.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.5354, 31.8291, 13.6606)
Luminance	0.3183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9258 #5881BB

analogous

#BB6158 #BB9258 #B3BB58

triadic

#BB9258 #58BB92 #9258BB

tetradic

#BB9258 #58BB61 #5881BB #BB58B3

square

#BB9258 #58BB61 #5881BB #BB58B3

split-complementary

#BB9258 #58B3BB #6158BB

monochromatic

#6C522C #98733E #BB9258 #CDAE83 #DECBAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#BB9258 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.37

#BB9258 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9258

7.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9258	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9258	1.00	2.85	7.37	7.37
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19353

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9D59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98784

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9258;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 146, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.090 74.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b188',
    500: '#bb9258',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9258;
$custom-light: #d2b188;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9258",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.152,
    "s": 42.128,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68589,
    "c": 0.09031,
    "h": 74.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9258

secondary

#A2B4CD

accent

#89D256

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF5F0

border

#D3CFCB

text

#14100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9258

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

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