#BB9259#BB9259

#BB9259 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.089 H 74.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9259
RGB	rgb(187, 146, 89)
HSL	hsl(35, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(35, 52%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.9%, 52.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.22, 8.47, 35.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.22, 36.91, 76.73°)
OKLab	oklab(68.6% 0.0239 0.0861)
OKLCH	oklch(68.6% 0.089 74.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.5771, 31.8458, 13.8802)
Luminance	0.3184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9259 #5982BB

analogous

#BB6159 #BB9259 #B3BB59

triadic

#BB9259 #59BB92 #9259BB

tetradic

#BB9259 #59BB61 #5982BB #BB59B3

square

#BB9259 #59BB61 #5982BB #BB59B3

split-complementary

#BB9259 #59B3BB #6159BB

monochromatic

#6D522D #98733E #BB9259 #CDAF84 #DFCBB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#BB9259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.37

#BB9259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9259

7.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9259	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)

#A19354

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9D5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98784

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 146, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.089 74.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b189',
    500: '#bb9259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9259;
$custom-light: #d2b189;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.898,
    "s": 41.88,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68604,
    "c": 0.08939,
    "h": 74.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9259

secondary

#A3B4CD

accent

#8AD256

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF5F0

border

#D3CFCB

text

#14100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9259

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

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