#BB9455#BB9455

#BB9455 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.094 H 78.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9455
RGB	rgb(187, 148, 85)
HSL	hsl(37, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(37, 55%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.9%, 54.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.67, 7.02, 38.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.67, 39.21, 79.69°)
OKLab	oklab(68.95% 0.0191 0.0917)
OKLCH	oklch(68.95% 0.094 78.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.7246, 32.4025, 13.1232)
Luminance	0.3240 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9455 #557CBB

analogous

#BB6155 #BB9455 #AFBB55

triadic

#BB9455 #55BB94 #9455BB

tetradic

#BB9455 #55BB61 #557CBB #BB55AF

square

#BB9455 #55BB61 #557CBB #BB55AF

split-complementary

#BB9455 #55AFBB #6155BB

monochromatic

#6B522B #97743C #BB9455 #CCB081 #DECBAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#BB9455 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.48

#BB9455 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9455

7.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9455	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9455	1.00	2.81	7.48	7.48
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49550

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9E57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98985

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9455;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 148, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.094 78.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b386',
    500: '#bb9455',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9455;
$custom-light: #d2b386;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9455",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.059,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68946,
    "c": 0.09368,
    "h": 78.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9455

secondary

#A0B1CC

accent

#85D355

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9455

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

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