#BB9566#BB9566

#BB9566 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.078 H 71.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9566
RGB	rgb(187, 149, 102)
HSL	hsl(33, 38%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(33, 45%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.3%, 45.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.18, 8.09, 30.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.18, 31.25, 75.00°)
OKLab	oklab(69.42% 0.0242 0.074)
OKLCH	oklch(69.42% 0.078 71.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.6405, 33.0209, 17.1695)
Luminance	0.3302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9566 #668CBB

analogous

#BB6B66 #BB9566 #B7BB66

triadic

#BB9566 #66BB95 #9566BB

tetradic

#BB9566 #66BB6B #668CBB #BB66B7

square

#BB9566 #66BB6B #668CBB #BB66B7

split-complementary

#BB9566 #66B7BB #6B66BB

monochromatic

#735733 #9E7746 #BB9566 #CEB290 #E1D0BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#BB9566 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.60

#BB9566 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9566

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9566	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9566	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)

#A39662

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9F67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C88C89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9566;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 149, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.078 71.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b492',
    500: '#bb9566',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9566;
$custom-light: #d1b492;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9566",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.176,
    "s": 38.462,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69421,
    "c": 0.07782,
    "h": 71.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9566

secondary

#ADBDD0

accent

#8ECE59

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF6F1

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110D

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9566

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

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