#BB9857#BB9857

#BB9857 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.093 H 81.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9857
RGB	rgb(187, 152, 87)
HSL	hsl(39, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(39, 53%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.7%, 53.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.73, 5.00, 38.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.73, 39.15, 82.66°)
OKLab	oklab(69.79% 0.0135 0.0924)
OKLCH	oklch(69.79% 0.093 81.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.4435, 33.7113, 13.7604)
Luminance	0.3371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9857 #577ABB

analogous

#BB6657 #BB9857 #ACBB57

triadic

#BB9857 #57BB98 #9857BB

tetradic

#BB9857 #57BB66 #577ABB #BB57AC

square

#BB9857 #57BB66 #577ABB #BB57AC

split-complementary

#BB9857 #57ACBB #6657BB

monochromatic

#6C552C #97783D #BB9857 #CDB383 #DECDAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#BB9857 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.74

#BB9857 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9857

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9857	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9857	1.00	2.71	7.74	7.74
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79851

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA159

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98D89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9857;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 152, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.093 81.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b688',
    500: '#bb9857',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9857;
$custom-light: #d2b688;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9857",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39,
    "s": 42.373,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69786,
    "c": 0.09341,
    "h": 81.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9857

secondary

#A2B0CC

accent

#81D256

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9857

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

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