#BB9456#BB9456

#BB9456 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.093 H 77.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9456
RGB	rgb(187, 148, 86)
HSL	hsl(37, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(37, 54%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.9%, 54%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.69, 7.10, 38.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.69, 38.73, 79.43°)
OKLab	oklab(68.96% 0.0195 0.0907)
OKLCH	oklch(68.96% 0.093 77.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.7646, 32.4185, 13.3339)
Luminance	0.3242 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9456 #567DBB

analogous

#BB6156 #BB9456 #AFBB56

triadic

#BB9456 #56BB94 #9456BB

tetradic

#BB9456 #56BB61 #567DBB #BB56AF

square

#BB9456 #56BB61 #567DBB #BB56AF

split-complementary

#BB9456 #56AFBB #6156BB

monochromatic

#6B532B #97743D #BB9456 #CDB082 #DECBAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#BB9456 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.48

#BB9456 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9456

7.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9456	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9456	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)

#A39551

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9E58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98985

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9456;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 148, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.093 77.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b387',
    500: '#bb9456',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9456;
$custom-light: #d2b387;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9456",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.832,
    "s": 42.616,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68961,
    "c": 0.09275,
    "h": 77.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9456

secondary

#A1B1CC

accent

#86D255

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9456

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

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