#BB9950#BB9950

#BB9950 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.100 H 84.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9950
RGB	rgb(187, 153, 80)
HSL	hsl(41, 44%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(41, 57%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 57.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.91, 3.87, 42.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.91, 42.77, 84.80°)
OKLab	oklab(69.89% 0.0093 0.1)
OKLCH	oklch(69.89% 0.1 84.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.3343, 33.9283, 12.3809)
Luminance	0.3393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9950 #5072BB

analogous

#BB6450 #BB9950 #A7BB50

triadic

#BB9950 #50BB99 #9950BB

tetradic

#BB9950 #50BB64 #5072BB #BB50A7

square

#BB9950 #50BB64 #5072BB #BB50A7

split-complementary

#BB9950 #50A7BB #6450BB

monochromatic

#685428 #94773A #BB9950 #CCB37C #DDCCA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#BB9950 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#BB9950 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9950

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9950	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9950	1.00	2.70	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99849

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A153

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98E88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9950;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 153, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.100 84.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b683',
    500: '#bb9950',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9950;
$custom-light: #d2b683;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9950",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.935,
    "s": 44.033,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69893,
    "c": 0.10044,
    "h": 84.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33926
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9950

secondary

#9CABCB

accent

#7DD454

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9950

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

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