#BB9859#BB9859

#BB9859 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.091 H 81.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9859
RGB	rgb(187, 152, 89)
HSL	hsl(39, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(39, 52%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.7%, 52.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.76, 5.18, 37.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.76, 38.18, 82.20°)
OKLab	oklab(69.82% 0.0142 0.0904)
OKLCH	oklch(69.82% 0.091 81.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.5264, 33.7444, 14.1967)
Luminance	0.3374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9859 #597CBB

analogous

#BB6759 #BB9859 #ADBB59

triadic

#BB9859 #59BB98 #9859BB

tetradic

#BB9859 #59BB67 #597CBB #BB59AD

square

#BB9859 #59BB67 #597CBB #BB59AD

split-complementary

#BB9859 #59ADBB #6759BB

monochromatic

#6D562D #98783E #BB9859 #CDB384 #DFCEB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#BB9859 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#BB9859 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9859

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9859	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9859	1.00	2.71	7.75	7.75
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79854

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA15B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98D89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9859;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 152, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.091 81.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b689',
    500: '#bb9859',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9859;
$custom-light: #d2b689;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9859",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.571,
    "s": 41.88,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69815,
    "c": 0.09149,
    "h": 81.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9859

secondary

#A3B2CD

accent

#82D256

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9859

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

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