#BB955F#BB955F

#BB955F is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.085 H 75.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB955F
RGB	rgb(187, 149, 95)
HSL	hsl(35, 40%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(35, 49%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.3%, 49.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.07, 7.38, 33.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.07, 34.60, 77.68°)
OKLab	oklab(69.3% 0.0214 0.0818)
OKLCH	oklch(69.3% 0.085 75.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.3079, 32.8878, 15.4178)
Luminance	0.3289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB955F #5F85BB

analogous

#BB675F #BB955F #B3BB5F

triadic

#BB955F #5FBB95 #955FBB

tetradic

#BB955F #5FBB67 #5F85BB #BB5FB3

square

#BB955F #5FBB67 #5F85BB #BB5FB3

split-complementary

#BB955F #5FB3BB #675FBB

monochromatic

#705530 #9B7642 #BB955F #CDB18A #E0CEB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#BB955F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.58

#BB955F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB955F

7.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB955F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB955F	1.00	2.77	7.58	7.58
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3965B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9F60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C88B88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb955f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 149, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.085 75.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b48d',
    500: '#bb955f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb955f;
$custom-light: #d1b48d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb955f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.217,
    "s": 40.351,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69302,
    "c": 0.08457,
    "h": 75.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB955F

secondary

#A8B8CE

accent

#89D058

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110C

muted

#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB955F

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

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