#BB9852#BB9852

#BB9852 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.098 H 83.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9852
RGB	rgb(187, 152, 82)
HSL	hsl(40, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(40, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.7%, 56.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.67, 4.58, 41.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.67, 41.56, 83.67°)
OKLab	oklab(69.72% 0.0116 0.0974)
OKLCH	oklch(69.72% 0.098 83.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.2463, 33.6324, 12.7216)
Luminance	0.3363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9852 #5275BB

analogous

#BB6452 #BB9852 #A9BB52

triadic

#BB9852 #52BB98 #9852BB

tetradic

#BB9852 #52BB64 #5275BB #BB52A9

square

#BB9852 #52BB64 #5275BB #BB52A9

split-complementary

#BB9852 #52A9BB #6452BB

monochromatic

#695429 #95773B #BB9852 #CCB27E #DECCAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#BB9852 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.73

#BB9852 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9852

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9852	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9852	1.00	2.72	7.73	7.73
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7984C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A154

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98D88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9852;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 152, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.098 83.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b684',
    500: '#bb9852',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9852;
$custom-light: #d2b684;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9852",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 43.568,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69716,
    "c": 0.09811,
    "h": 83.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9852

secondary

#9EADCB

accent

#7FD354

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9852

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

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