#BB955E#BB955E

#BB955E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.086 H 75.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB955E
RGB	rgb(187, 149, 94)
HSL	hsl(35, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(35, 50%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.3%, 49.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.06, 7.29, 34.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.06, 35.09, 78.01°)
OKLab	oklab(69.29% 0.021 0.0829)
OKLCH	oklch(69.29% 0.086 75.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.2627, 32.8697, 15.1800)
Luminance	0.3287 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB955E #5E84BB

analogous

#BB675E #BB955E #B2BB5E

triadic

#BB955E #5EBB95 #955EBB

tetradic

#BB955E #5EBB67 #5E84BB #BB5EB2

square

#BB955E #5EBB67 #5E84BB #BB5EB2

split-complementary

#BB955E #5EB2BB #675EBB

monochromatic

#70552F #9B7641 #BB955E #CDB189 #DFCEB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#BB955E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.57

#BB955E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB955E

7.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB955E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB955E	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)

#A4965A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9F5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98B87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb955e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 149, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.086 75.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b48c',
    500: '#bb955e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb955e;
$custom-light: #d2b48c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb955e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.484,
    "s": 40.611,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69285,
    "c": 0.08554,
    "h": 75.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB955E

secondary

#A7B7CE

accent

#89D057

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110C

muted

#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB955E

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

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