#BB9569#BB9569

#BB9569 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.075 H 70.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9569
RGB	rgb(187, 149, 105)
HSL	hsl(32, 38%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(32, 44%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.3%, 43.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.23, 8.41, 28.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.23, 29.83, 73.63°)
OKLab	oklab(69.48% 0.0254 0.0705)
OKLCH	oklch(69.48% 0.075 70.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.7920, 33.0814, 17.9673)
Luminance	0.3308 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9569 #698FBB

analogous

#BB6C69 #BB9569 #B8BB69

triadic

#BB9569 #69BB95 #9569BB

tetradic

#BB9569 #69BB6C #698FBB #BB69B8

square

#BB9569 #69BB6C #698FBB #BB69B8

split-complementary

#BB9569 #69B8BB #6C69BB

monochromatic

#755735 #9F7748 #BB9569 #CEB393 #E1D1BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#BB9569 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.62

#BB9569 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9569

7.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9569	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9569	1.00	2.76	7.62	7.62
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29766

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9F6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C88C8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9569;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 149, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.075 70.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b494',
    500: '#bb9569',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9569;
$custom-light: #d1b494;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9569",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.195,
    "s": 37.615,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69476,
    "c": 0.07495,
    "h": 70.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9569

secondary

#AFBFD1

accent

#90CE5A

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF6F1

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110D

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9569

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

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