#BB9560#BB9560

#BB9560 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.084 H 74.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9560
RGB	rgb(187, 149, 96)
HSL	hsl(35, 40%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(35, 49%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.3%, 48.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.08, 7.48, 33.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.08, 34.12, 77.34°)
OKLab	oklab(69.32% 0.0218 0.0807)
OKLCH	oklch(69.32% 0.084 74.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.3536, 32.9061, 15.6588)
Luminance	0.3290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9560 #6086BB

analogous

#BB6760 #BB9560 #B3BB60

triadic

#BB9560 #60BB95 #9560BB

tetradic

#BB9560 #60BB67 #6086BB #BB60B3

square

#BB9560 #60BB67 #6086BB #BB60B3

split-complementary

#BB9560 #60B3BB #6760BB

monochromatic

#705630 #9B7642 #BB9560 #CDB28B #E0CEB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#BB9560 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.58

#BB9560 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9560

7.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9560	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9560	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)

#A3965C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9F61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C88B88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9560;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 149, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.084 74.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b48e',
    500: '#bb9560',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9560;
$custom-light: #d1b48e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9560",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.945,
    "s": 40.088,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69318,
    "c": 0.08361,
    "h": 74.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9560

secondary

#A8B8CE

accent

#8AD058

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110C

muted

#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9560

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

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