#BB9656#BB9656

#BB9656 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.093 H 80.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9656
RGB	rgb(187, 150, 86)
HSL	hsl(38, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(38, 54%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.8%, 54%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.20, 6.01, 38.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.20, 39.16, 81.17°)
OKLab	oklab(69.36% 0.0163 0.0921)
OKLCH	oklch(69.36% 0.093 80)
XYZ	xyz(33.0811, 33.0513, 13.4394)
Luminance	0.3305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9656 #567BBB

analogous

#BB6356 #BB9656 #ADBB56

triadic

#BB9656 #56BB96 #9656BB

tetradic

#BB9656 #56BB63 #567BBB #BB56AD

square

#BB9656 #56BB63 #567BBB #BB56AD

split-complementary

#BB9656 #56ADBB #6356BB

monochromatic

#6B542B #97763D #BB9656 #CDB182 #DECCAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#BB9656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.61

#BB9656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9656

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9656	1.00	2.76	7.61	7.61
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59651

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9F58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98B87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 150, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.093 80.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b487',
    500: '#bb9656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9656;
$custom-light: #d2b487;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.02,
    "s": 42.616,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69365,
    "c": 0.09349,
    "h": 80
  },
  "luminance": 0.33049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9656

secondary

#A1B1CC

accent

#83D255

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9656

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

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