#BB9573#BB9573

#BB9573 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.066 H 63.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9573
RGB	rgb(187, 149, 115)
HSL	hsl(28, 35%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(28, 39%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.3%, 38.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.40, 9.54, 23.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.40, 25.25, 67.80°)
OKLab	oklab(69.67% 0.0295 0.0585)
OKLCH	oklch(69.67% 0.066 63.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.3365, 33.2992, 20.8351)
Luminance	0.3330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9573 #7399BB

analogous

#BB7375 #BB9573 #BBB973

triadic

#BB9573 #73BB95 #9573BB

tetradic

#BB9573 #75BB73 #7399BB #B973BB

square

#BB9573 #75BB73 #7399BB #B973BB

split-complementary

#BB9573 #73BBB9 #7375BB

monochromatic

#79583B #A2764F #BB9573 #CFB49C #E3D3C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#BB9573 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.66

#BB9573 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9573

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9573	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9573	1.00	2.74	7.66	7.66
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19771

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA074

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C78D8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9573;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 149, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.066 63.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b49b',
    500: '#bb9573',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9573;
$custom-light: #d1b49b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9573",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.333,
    "s": 34.615,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6967,
    "c": 0.06556,
    "h": 63.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9573

secondary

#B7C6D3

accent

#97CB5D

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF6F2

border

#D3D0CC

text

#14110E

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9573

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

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