#BB9552#BB9552

#BB9552 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.097 H 80.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9552
RGB	rgb(187, 149, 82)
HSL	hsl(38, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(38, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.3%, 56.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.89, 6.22, 40.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.89, 40.86, 81.25°)
OKLab	oklab(69.11% 0.0164 0.0954)
OKLCH	oklch(69.11% 0.097 80.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.7655, 32.6709, 12.5613)
Luminance	0.3267 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9552 #5278BB

analogous

#BB6152 #BB9552 #ACBB52

triadic

#BB9552 #52BB95 #9552BB

tetradic

#BB9552 #52BB61 #5278BB #BB52AC

square

#BB9552 #52BB61 #5278BB #BB52AC

split-complementary

#BB9552 #52ACBB #6152BB

monochromatic

#695229 #95743B #BB9552 #CCB07E #DECBAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#BB9552 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.53

#BB9552 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9552

7.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9552	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9552	1.00	2.79	7.53	7.53
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5954C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9F54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98A85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9552;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 149, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.097 80.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b484',
    500: '#bb9552',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9552;
$custom-light: #d2b484;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9552",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.286,
    "s": 43.568,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69106,
    "c": 0.09679,
    "h": 80.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9552

secondary

#9EAECB

accent

#82D354

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9552

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

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