#BB9261#BB9261

#BB9261 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.082 H 70.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9261
RGB	rgb(187, 146, 97)
HSL	hsl(33, 40%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(33, 48%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.9%, 48.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.33, 9.23, 31.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.33, 33.11, 73.82°)
OKLab	oklab(68.73% 0.027 0.0774)
OKLCH	oklch(68.73% 0.082 70.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.9314, 31.9876, 15.7466)
Luminance	0.3199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9261 #618ABB

analogous

#BB6561 #BB9261 #B7BB61

triadic

#BB9261 #61BB92 #9261BB

tetradic

#BB9261 #61BB65 #618ABB #BB61B7

square

#BB9261 #61BB65 #618ABB #BB61B7

split-complementary

#BB9261 #61B7BB #6561BB

monochromatic

#715431 #9C7343 #BB9261 #CDB08C #E0CDB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#BB9261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.40

#BB9261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9261

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9261	1.00	2.84	7.40	7.40
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0945D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9D62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C88886

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 146, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.082 70.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b18e',
    500: '#bb9261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9261;
$custom-light: #d1b18e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.667,
    "s": 39.823,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68734,
    "c": 0.08199,
    "h": 70.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9261

secondary

#A9BACF

accent

#8FD058

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF5F0

border

#D3CFCB

text

#14100C

muted

#837F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9261

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

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