#BB9574#BB9574

#BB9574 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.065 H 62.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9574
RGB	rgb(187, 149, 116)
HSL	hsl(28, 34%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(28, 38%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.3%, 38%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.42, 9.66, 22.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.42, 24.81, 67.08°)
OKLab	oklab(69.69% 0.0299 0.0573)
OKLCH	oklch(69.69% 0.065 62.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.3943, 33.3224, 21.1398)
Luminance	0.3332 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9574 #749ABB

analogous

#BB7477 #BB9574 #BBB974

triadic

#BB9574 #74BB95 #9574BB

tetradic

#BB9574 #77BB74 #749ABB #B974BB

square

#BB9574 #77BB74 #749ABB #B974BB

split-complementary

#BB9574 #74BBB9 #7477BB

monochromatic

#79583B #A2764F #BB9574 #CFB49D #E3D4C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#BB9574 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.66

#BB9574 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9574

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9574	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9574	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)

#A19772

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA074

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C78D8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9574;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 149, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.065 62.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b49c',
    500: '#bb9574',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9574;
$custom-light: #d1b49c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9574",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.887,
    "s": 34.3,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69691,
    "c": 0.06465,
    "h": 62.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9574

secondary

#B8C6D3

accent

#98CA5D

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F9F6F2

border

#D2D0CC

text

#14110E

muted

#82807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9574

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

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