#BB9952#BB9952

#BB9952 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.099 H 84.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9952
RGB	rgb(187, 153, 82)
HSL	hsl(41, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(41, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 56.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.93, 4.03, 41.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.93, 41.82, 84.46°)
OKLab	oklab(69.92% 0.01 0.0981)
OKLCH	oklch(69.92% 0.099 84.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.4093, 33.9583, 12.7759)
Luminance	0.3396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9952 #5274BB

analogous

#BB6452 #BB9952 #A9BB52

triadic

#BB9952 #52BB99 #9952BB

tetradic

#BB9952 #52BB64 #5274BB #BB52A9

square

#BB9952 #52BB64 #5274BB #BB52A9

split-complementary

#BB9952 #52A9BB #6452BB

monochromatic

#695529 #95783B #BB9952 #CCB37E #DECDAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#BB9952 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#BB9952 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9952

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9952	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9952	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)

#A8984C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A154

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98E89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9952;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 153, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.099 84.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b684',
    500: '#bb9952',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9952;
$custom-light: #d2b684;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9952",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.571,
    "s": 43.568,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6992,
    "c": 0.0986,
    "h": 84.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9952

secondary

#9EACCB

accent

#7ED354

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9952

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

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