#BB9955#BB9955

#BB9955 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.096 H 83.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9955
RGB	rgb(187, 153, 85)
HSL	hsl(40, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(40, 55%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 54.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.97, 4.28, 40.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.97, 40.37, 83.91°)
OKLab	oklab(69.96% 0.0111 0.0951)
OKLCH	oklch(69.96% 0.096 83.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.5259, 34.0050, 13.3903)
Luminance	0.3400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9955 #5577BB

analogous

#BB6655 #BB9955 #AABB55

triadic

#BB9955 #55BB99 #9955BB

tetradic

#BB9955 #55BB66 #5577BB #BB55AA

square

#BB9955 #55BB66 #5577BB #BB55AA

split-complementary

#BB9955 #55AABB #6655BB

monochromatic

#6B552B #97783C #BB9955 #CCB381 #DECDAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#BB9955 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#BB9955 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9955

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9955	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9955	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)

#A8994F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A157

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98E89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9955;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 153, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.096 83.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b686',
    500: '#bb9955',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9955;
$custom-light: #d2b686;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9955",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69961,
    "c": 0.09579,
    "h": 83.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9955

secondary

#A0AFCC

accent

#7FD355

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9955

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

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