#BB9554#BB9554

#BB9554 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.095 H 79.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9554
RGB	rgb(187, 149, 84)
HSL	hsl(38, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(38, 55%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.3%, 55.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.92, 6.39, 39.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.92, 39.90, 80.79°)
OKLab	oklab(69.13% 0.0172 0.0934)
OKLCH	oklch(69.13% 0.095 79.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.8427, 32.7017, 12.9680)
Luminance	0.3270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9554 #547ABB

analogous

#BB6154 #BB9554 #ADBB54

triadic

#BB9554 #54BB95 #9554BB

tetradic

#BB9554 #54BB61 #547ABB #BB54AD

square

#BB9554 #54BB61 #547ABB #BB54AD

split-complementary

#BB9554 #54ADBB #6154BB

monochromatic

#6A532A #96753C #BB9554 #CCB080 #DECBAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#BB9554 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.54

#BB9554 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9554

7.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9554	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9554	1.00	2.79	7.54	7.54
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5954E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9F56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98A86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9554;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 149, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.095 79.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b486',
    500: '#bb9554',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9554;
$custom-light: #d2b486;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9554",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.864,
    "s": 43.096,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69134,
    "c": 0.09496,
    "h": 79.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9554

secondary

#9FB0CC

accent

#83D355

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9554

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

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