#BB9851#BB9851

#BB9851 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.099 H 83.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9851
RGB	rgb(187, 152, 81)
HSL	hsl(40, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(40, 57%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.7%, 56.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.66, 4.50, 41.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.66, 42.04, 83.86°)
OKLab	oklab(69.7% 0.0113 0.0984)
OKLCH	oklch(69.7% 0.099 83.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.2085, 33.6173, 12.5226)
Luminance	0.3362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9851 #5174BB

analogous

#BB6351 #BB9851 #A9BB51

triadic

#BB9851 #51BB98 #9851BB

tetradic

#BB9851 #51BB63 #5174BB #BB51A9

square

#BB9851 #51BB63 #5174BB #BB51A9

split-complementary

#BB9851 #51A9BB #6351BB

monochromatic

#695429 #95773A #BB9851 #CCB27D #DDCCA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#BB9851 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.72

#BB9851 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9851

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9851	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9851	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)

#A8984B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A153

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98D88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9851;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 152, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.099 83.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b684',
    500: '#bb9851',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9851;
$custom-light: #d2b684;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9851",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.189,
    "s": 43.802,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69702,
    "c": 0.09903,
    "h": 83.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9851

secondary

#9DACCB

accent

#7ED454

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9851

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

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