#BB9555#BB9555

#BB9555 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.094 H 79.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9555
RGB	rgb(187, 149, 85)
HSL	hsl(38, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(38, 55%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.3%, 54.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.93, 6.47, 38.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.93, 39.42, 80.55°)
OKLab	oklab(69.15% 0.0175 0.0924)
OKLCH	oklch(69.15% 0.094 79.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.8822, 32.7175, 13.1757)
Luminance	0.3272 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9555 #557BBB

analogous

#BB6255 #BB9555 #AEBB55

triadic

#BB9555 #55BB95 #9555BB

tetradic

#BB9555 #55BB62 #557BBB #BB55AE

square

#BB9555 #55BB62 #557BBB #BB55AE

split-complementary

#BB9555 #55AEBB #6255BB

monochromatic

#6B532B #97753C #BB9555 #CCB081 #DECCAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#BB9555 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.54

#BB9555 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9555

7.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9555	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9555	1.00	2.78	7.54	7.54
#FFFFFF	2.78	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)

#A4954F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9F57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98A86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9555;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 149, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.094 79.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b486',
    500: '#bb9555',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9555;
$custom-light: #d2b486;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9555",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.647,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69148,
    "c": 0.09404,
    "h": 79.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9555

secondary

#A0B0CC

accent

#84D355

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9555

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

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