#BB9355#BB9355

#BB9355 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.093 H 77.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9355
RGB	rgb(187, 147, 85)
HSL	hsl(36, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(36, 55%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.4%, 54.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.42, 7.57, 38.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.42, 39.01, 78.81°)
OKLab	oklab(68.75% 0.0208 0.091)
OKLCH	oklch(68.75% 0.093 77.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.5685, 32.0901, 13.0712)
Luminance	0.3209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9355 #557DBB

analogous

#BB6055 #BB9355 #B0BB55

triadic

#BB9355 #55BB93 #9355BB

tetradic

#BB9355 #55BB60 #557DBB #BB55B0

square

#BB9355 #55BB60 #557DBB #BB55B0

split-complementary

#BB9355 #55B0BB #6055BB

monochromatic

#6B522B #97733C #BB9355 #CCAF81 #DECBAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#BB9355 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.42

#BB9355 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9355

7.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9355	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9355	1.00	2.83	7.42	7.42
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39450

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9E57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98884

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9355;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 147, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.093 77.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b286',
    500: '#bb9355',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9355;
$custom-light: #d2b286;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9355",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 147,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.471,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68745,
    "c": 0.09335,
    "h": 77.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9355

secondary

#A0B1CC

accent

#86D355

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF5EF

border

#D3CFCA

text

#14100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9355

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →