#BB9353#BB9353

#BB9353 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.095 H 77.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9353
RGB	rgb(187, 147, 83)
HSL	hsl(37, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(37, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.4%, 55.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.39, 7.40, 39.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.39, 39.96, 79.33°)
OKLab	oklab(68.72% 0.02 0.093)
OKLCH	oklch(68.72% 0.095 77.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.4901, 32.0588, 12.6586)
Luminance	0.3206 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9353 #537BBB

analogous

#BB5F53 #BB9353 #AFBB53

triadic

#BB9353 #53BB93 #9353BB

tetradic

#BB9353 #53BB5F #537BBB #BB53AF

square

#BB9353 #53BB5F #537BBB #BB53AF

split-complementary

#BB9353 #53AFBB #5F53BB

monochromatic

#6A512A #96733B #BB9353 #CCAF7F #DECAAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#BB9353 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.41

#BB9353 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9353

7.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9353	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9353	1.00	2.83	7.41	7.41
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3944D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9D55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98884

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9353;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 147, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.095 77.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b285',
    500: '#bb9353',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9353;
$custom-light: #d2b285;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9353",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 147,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.923,
    "s": 43.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68716,
    "c": 0.09517,
    "h": 77.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9353

secondary

#9EB0CB

accent

#85D355

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF5EF

border

#D3CFCA

text

#14100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9353

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

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