#BB9565#BB9565

#BB9565 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.079 H 72.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9565
RGB	rgb(187, 149, 101)
HSL	hsl(33, 39%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(33, 46%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.3%, 46%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.16, 7.98, 30.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.16, 31.73, 75.43°)
OKLab	oklab(69.4% 0.0238 0.0751)
OKLCH	oklch(69.4% 0.079 72.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.5912, 33.0011, 16.9099)
Luminance	0.3300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9565 #658BBB

analogous

#BB6A65 #BB9565 #B6BB65

triadic

#BB9565 #65BB95 #9565BB

tetradic

#BB9565 #65BB6A #658BBB #BB65B6

square

#BB9565 #65BB6A #658BBB #BB65B6

split-complementary

#BB9565 #65B6BB #6A65BB

monochromatic

#735733 #9D7745 #BB9565 #CEB28F #E0CFBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#BB9565 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.60

#BB9565 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9565

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9565	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9565	1.00	2.76	7.60	7.60
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39661

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9F66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C88B89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9565;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 149, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.079 72.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b491',
    500: '#bb9565',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9565;
$custom-light: #d1b491;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9565",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.488,
    "s": 38.739,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69403,
    "c": 0.07879,
    "h": 72.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9565

secondary

#ACBCD0

accent

#8DCF59

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110D

muted

#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9565

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

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