#BB9557#BB9557

#BB9557 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.092 H 78.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9557
RGB	rgb(187, 149, 87)
HSL	hsl(37, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(37, 53%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.3%, 53.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.96, 6.64, 37.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.96, 38.46, 80.05°)
OKLab	oklab(69.18% 0.0183 0.0903)
OKLCH	oklch(69.18% 0.092 78.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.9628, 32.7498, 13.6001)
Luminance	0.3275 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9557 #577DBB

analogous

#BB6357 #BB9557 #AFBB57

triadic

#BB9557 #57BB95 #9557BB

tetradic

#BB9557 #57BB63 #577DBB #BB57AF

square

#BB9557 #57BB63 #577DBB #BB57AF

split-complementary

#BB9557 #57AFBB #6357BB

monochromatic

#6C542C #97753D #BB9557 #CDB083 #DECCAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#BB9557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.55

#BB9557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9557

7.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9557	1.00	2.78	7.55	7.55
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49552

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9F59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98A86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 149, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.092 78.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b488',
    500: '#bb9557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9557;
$custom-light: #d2b488;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.2,
    "s": 42.373,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69177,
    "c": 0.09217,
    "h": 78.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9557

secondary

#A2B2CC

accent

#85D256

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9557

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

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