#BB9954#BB9954

#BB9954 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.097 H 83.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9954
RGB	rgb(187, 153, 84)
HSL	hsl(40, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(40, 55%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 55.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.95, 4.20, 40.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.95, 40.85, 84.10°)
OKLab	oklab(69.95% 0.0107 0.0961)
OKLCH	oklch(69.95% 0.097 83.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.4865, 33.9892, 13.1826)
Luminance	0.3399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9954 #5476BB

analogous

#BB6554 #BB9954 #A9BB54

triadic

#BB9954 #54BB99 #9954BB

tetradic

#BB9954 #54BB65 #5476BB #BB54A9

square

#BB9954 #54BB65 #5476BB #BB54A9

split-complementary

#BB9954 #54A9BB #6554BB

monochromatic

#6A552A #96783C #BB9954 #CCB380 #DECDAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#BB9954 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#BB9954 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9954

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9954	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9954	1.00	2.69	7.80	7.80
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8984E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A156

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98E89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9954;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 153, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.097 83.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b686',
    500: '#bb9954',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9954;
$custom-light: #d2b686;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9954",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.194,
    "s": 43.096,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69947,
    "c": 0.09673,
    "h": 83.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9954

secondary

#9FAECC

accent

#7FD355

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9954

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

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