#BB9755#BB9755

#BB9755 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.095 H 81.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9755
RGB	rgb(187, 151, 85)
HSL	hsl(39, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(39, 55%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.3%, 54.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.45, 5.38, 39.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.45, 39.88, 82.25°)
OKLab	oklab(69.55% 0.0143 0.0938)
OKLCH	oklch(69.55% 0.095 81.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.2013, 33.3558, 13.2821)
Luminance	0.3335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9755 #5579BB

analogous

#BB6455 #BB9755 #ACBB55

triadic

#BB9755 #55BB97 #9755BB

tetradic

#BB9755 #55BB64 #5579BB #BB55AC

square

#BB9755 #55BB64 #5579BB #BB55AC

split-complementary

#BB9755 #55ACBB #6455BB

monochromatic

#6B542B #97773C #BB9755 #CCB281 #DECCAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#BB9755 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.67

#BB9755 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9755

7.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9755	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9755	1.00	2.74	7.67	7.67
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6974F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA057

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98C87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9755;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 151, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.095 81.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b586',
    500: '#bb9755',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9755;
$custom-light: #d2b586;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9755",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.824,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69554,
    "c": 0.09485,
    "h": 81.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9755

secondary

#A0AFCC

accent

#81D355

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9755

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

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