#BB9853#BB9853

#BB9853 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.097 H 82.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9853
RGB	rgb(187, 152, 83)
HSL	hsl(40, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(40, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.7%, 55.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.68, 4.66, 40.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.68, 41.08, 83.48°)
OKLab	oklab(69.73% 0.012 0.0964)
OKLCH	oklch(69.73% 0.097 82.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.2846, 33.6477, 12.9234)
Luminance	0.3365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9853 #5376BB

analogous

#BB6453 #BB9853 #AABB53

triadic

#BB9853 #53BB98 #9853BB

tetradic

#BB9853 #53BB64 #5376BB #BB53AA

square

#BB9853 #53BB64 #5376BB #BB53AA

split-complementary

#BB9853 #53AABB #6453BB

monochromatic

#6A542A #96773B #BB9853 #CCB27F #DECDAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#BB9853 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.73

#BB9853 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9853

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9853	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9853	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)

#A7984D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A155

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98D88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9853;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 152, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.097 82.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b685',
    500: '#bb9853',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9853;
$custom-light: #d2b685;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9853",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.808,
    "s": 43.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69729,
    "c": 0.09718,
    "h": 82.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9853

secondary

#9EAECB

accent

#7FD355

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9853

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

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