#BB9562#BB9562

#BB9562 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.082 H 74.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9562
RGB	rgb(187, 149, 98)
HSL	hsl(34, 40%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(34, 48%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.3%, 47.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.12, 7.68, 32.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.12, 33.16, 76.61°)
OKLab	oklab(69.35% 0.0226 0.0785)
OKLCH	oklch(69.35% 0.082 74)
XYZ	xyz(33.4469, 32.9434, 16.1499)
Luminance	0.3294 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9562 #6288BB

analogous

#BB6862 #BB9562 #B4BB62

triadic

#BB9562 #62BB95 #9562BB

tetradic

#BB9562 #62BB68 #6288BB #BB62B4

square

#BB9562 #62BB68 #6288BB #BB62B4

split-complementary

#BB9562 #62B4BB #6862BB

monochromatic

#715631 #9C7644 #BB9562 #CDB28D #E0CFB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#BB9562 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.59

#BB9562 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9562

7.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9562	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9562	1.00	2.77	7.59	7.59
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3965E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9F63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C88B88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9562;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 149, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.082 74.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b48f',
    500: '#bb9562',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9562;
$custom-light: #d1b48f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9562",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.382,
    "s": 39.556,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69352,
    "c": 0.08168,
    "h": 74
  },
  "luminance": 0.32942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9562

secondary

#AABACF

accent

#8BCF58

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110C

muted

#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9562

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

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