#BB9459#BB9459

#BB9459 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.090 H 76.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9459
RGB	rgb(187, 148, 89)
HSL	hsl(36, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(36, 52%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.9%, 52.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.73, 7.37, 36.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.73, 37.29, 78.60°)
OKLab	oklab(69.01% 0.0207 0.0876)
OKLCH	oklch(69.01% 0.09 76.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.8881, 32.4678, 13.9839)
Luminance	0.3247 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9459 #5980BB

analogous

#BB6359 #BB9459 #B1BB59

triadic

#BB9459 #59BB94 #9459BB

tetradic

#BB9459 #59BB63 #5980BB #BB59B1

square

#BB9459 #59BB63 #5980BB #BB59B1

split-complementary

#BB9459 #59B1BB #6359BB

monochromatic

#6D532D #98753E #BB9459 #CDB084 #DFCCB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#BB9459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.49

#BB9459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9459

7.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9459	1.00	2.80	7.49	7.49
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39554

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9E5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98986

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 148, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.090 76.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b389',
    500: '#bb9459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9459;
$custom-light: #d2b389;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.122,
    "s": 41.88,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69006,
    "c": 0.08995,
    "h": 76.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9459

secondary

#A3B4CD

accent

#87D256

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9459

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

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