#BB9862#BB9862

#BB9862 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.083 H 77.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9862
RGB	rgb(187, 152, 98)
HSL	hsl(36, 40%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(36, 48%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.7%, 47.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.89, 6.03, 33.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.89, 33.79, 79.71°)
OKLab	oklab(69.96% 0.0177 0.0807)
OKLCH	oklch(69.96% 0.083 77.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.9276, 33.9049, 16.3102)
Luminance	0.3390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9862 #6285BB

analogous

#BB6B62 #BB9862 #B2BB62

triadic

#BB9862 #62BB98 #9862BB

tetradic

#BB9862 #62BB6B #6285BB #BB62B2

square

#BB9862 #62BB6B #6285BB #BB62B2

split-complementary

#BB9862 #62B2BB #6B62BB

monochromatic

#715831 #9C7944 #BB9862 #CDB48D #E0D0B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#BB9862 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#BB9862 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9862

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9862	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9862	1.00	2.70	7.78	7.78
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6985E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA163

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C88E8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9862;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 152, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.083 77.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b68f',
    500: '#bb9862',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9862;
$custom-light: #d1b68f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9862",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.404,
    "s": 39.556,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69957,
    "c": 0.08265,
    "h": 77.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33903
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9862

secondary

#AAB8CF

accent

#87CF58

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110C

muted

#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9862

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

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