#BB9657#BB9657

#BB9657 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.093 H 79.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9657
RGB	rgb(187, 150, 87)
HSL	hsl(38, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(38, 53%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.8%, 53.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.22, 6.10, 38.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.22, 38.68, 80.93°)
OKLab	oklab(69.38% 0.0167 0.091)
OKLCH	oklch(69.38% 0.093 79.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.1216, 33.0675, 13.6531)
Luminance	0.3307 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9657 #577CBB

analogous

#BB6457 #BB9657 #AEBB57

triadic

#BB9657 #57BB96 #9657BB

tetradic

#BB9657 #57BB64 #577CBB #BB57AE

square

#BB9657 #57BB64 #577CBB #BB57AE

split-complementary

#BB9657 #57AEBB #6457BB

monochromatic

#6C542C #97763D #BB9657 #CDB183 #DECCAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#BB9657 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.61

#BB9657 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9657

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9657	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9657	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)

#A59652

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9F59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98B87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9657;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 150, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.093 79.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b488',
    500: '#bb9657',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9657;
$custom-light: #d2b488;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9657",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.8,
    "s": 42.373,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69379,
    "c": 0.09255,
    "h": 79.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9657

secondary

#A2B1CC

accent

#84D256

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9657

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

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