#BB955D#BB955D

#BB955D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.086 H 76.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB955D
RGB	rgb(187, 149, 93)
HSL	hsl(36, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(36, 50%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.3%, 50.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.04, 7.19, 34.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.04, 35.57, 78.34°)
OKLab	oklab(69.27% 0.0206 0.084)
OKLCH	oklch(69.27% 0.086 76.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.2181, 32.8519, 14.9452)
Luminance	0.3285 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB955D #5D83BB

analogous

#BB665D #BB955D #B2BB5D

triadic

#BB955D #5DBB95 #955DBB

tetradic

#BB955D #5DBB66 #5D83BB #BB5DB2

square

#BB955D #5DBB66 #5D83BB #BB5DB2

split-complementary

#BB955D #5DB2BB #665DBB

monochromatic

#6F552F #9A7641 #BB955D #CDB188 #DFCDB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#BB955D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.57

#BB955D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB955D

7.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB955D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB955D	1.00	2.77	7.57	7.57
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49659

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9F5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98B87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb955d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 149, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.086 76.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b48c',
    500: '#bb955d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb955d;
$custom-light: #d2b48c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb955d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.745,
    "s": 40.87,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69269,
    "c": 0.08649,
    "h": 76.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB955D

secondary

#A6B6CE

accent

#88D157

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110C

muted

#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB955D

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

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