#BB9359#BB9359

#BB9359 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.090 H 75.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9359
RGB	rgb(187, 147, 89)
HSL	hsl(36, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(36, 52%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.4%, 52.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.47, 7.92, 36.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.47, 37.09, 77.67°)
OKLab	oklab(68.81% 0.0223 0.0869)
OKLCH	oklch(68.81% 0.09 75.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.7319, 32.1555, 13.9319)
Luminance	0.3215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9359 #5981BB

analogous

#BB6259 #BB9359 #B2BB59

triadic

#BB9359 #59BB93 #9359BB

tetradic

#BB9359 #59BB62 #5981BB #BB59B2

square

#BB9359 #59BB62 #5981BB #BB59B2

split-complementary

#BB9359 #59B2BB #6259BB

monochromatic

#6D532D #98743E #BB9359 #CDAF84 #DFCBB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#BB9359 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.43

#BB9359 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9359

7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9359	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9359	1.00	2.83	7.43	7.43
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29454

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9E5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98885

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9359;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 147, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.090 75.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b289',
    500: '#bb9359',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9359;
$custom-light: #d2b289;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9359",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 147,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.51,
    "s": 41.88,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68805,
    "c": 0.08966,
    "h": 75.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32154
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9359

secondary

#A3B4CD

accent

#89D256

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF5F0

border

#D3CFCB

text

#14100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9359

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

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