#BB9756#BB9756

#BB9756 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.094 H 81.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9756
RGB	rgb(187, 151, 86)
HSL	hsl(39, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(39, 54%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.3%, 54%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.46, 5.46, 39.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.46, 39.39, 82.03°)
OKLab	oklab(69.57% 0.0147 0.0928)
OKLCH	oklch(69.57% 0.094 81)
XYZ	xyz(33.2413, 33.3718, 13.4928)
Luminance	0.3337 (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

#BB9756 #567ABB

analogous

#BB6456 #BB9756 #ACBB56

triadic

#BB9756 #56BB97 #9756BB

tetradic

#BB9756 #56BB64 #567ABB #BB56AC

square

#BB9756 #56BB64 #567ABB #BB56AC

split-complementary

#BB9756 #56ACBB #6456BB

monochromatic

#6B552B #97773D #BB9756 #CDB282 #DECDAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#BB9756 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.67

#BB9756 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9756

7.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9756	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9756	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)

#A69750

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA058

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98C88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9756;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 151, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.094 81.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b587',
    500: '#bb9756',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9756;
$custom-light: #d2b587;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9756",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.614,
    "s": 42.616,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69568,
    "c": 0.09391,
    "h": 81
  },
  "luminance": 0.3337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9756

secondary

#A1B0CC

accent

#82D255

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9756

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

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