#BB9561#BB9561

#BB9561 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.083 H 74.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9561
RGB	rgb(187, 149, 97)
HSL	hsl(35, 40%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(35, 48%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.3%, 48.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.10, 7.58, 32.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.10, 33.64, 76.98°)
OKLab	oklab(69.34% 0.0222 0.0796)
OKLCH	oklch(69.34% 0.083 74.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.4000, 32.9246, 15.9028)
Luminance	0.3292 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9561 #6187BB

analogous

#BB6861 #BB9561 #B4BB61

triadic

#BB9561 #61BB95 #9561BB

tetradic

#BB9561 #61BB68 #6187BB #BB61B4

square

#BB9561 #61BB68 #6187BB #BB61B4

split-complementary

#BB9561 #61B4BB #6861BB

monochromatic

#715631 #9C7643 #BB9561 #CDB28C #E0CEB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#BB9561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.58

#BB9561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9561

7.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9561	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)

#A3965D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9F62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C88B88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 149, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.083 74.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b48e',
    500: '#bb9561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9561;
$custom-light: #d1b48e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.667,
    "s": 39.823,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69335,
    "c": 0.08265,
    "h": 74.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9561

secondary

#A9B9CF

accent

#8BD058

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110C

muted

#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9561

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

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