#BB9850#BB9850

#BB9850 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.100 H 83.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9850
RGB	rgb(187, 152, 80)
HSL	hsl(40, 44%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(40, 57%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.7%, 57.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.65, 4.42, 42.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.65, 42.52, 84.04°)
OKLab	oklab(69.69% 0.0109 0.0993)
OKLCH	oklch(69.69% 0.1 83.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.1713, 33.6024, 12.3266)
Luminance	0.3360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9850 #5073BB

analogous

#BB6350 #BB9850 #A8BB50

triadic

#BB9850 #50BB98 #9850BB

tetradic

#BB9850 #50BB63 #5073BB #BB50A8

square

#BB9850 #50BB63 #5073BB #BB50A8

split-complementary

#BB9850 #50A8BB #6350BB

monochromatic

#685328 #94773A #BB9850 #CCB27C #DDCCA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#BB9850 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.72

#BB9850 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9850

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9850	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9850	1.00	2.72	7.72	7.72
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89849

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A152

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98D87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9850;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 152, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.100 83.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b683',
    500: '#bb9850',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9850;
$custom-light: #d2b683;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9850",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.374,
    "s": 44.033,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69689,
    "c": 0.09995,
    "h": 83.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9850

secondary

#9CABCB

accent

#7ED454

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9850

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

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