#BB9956#BB9956

#BB9956 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.095 H 83.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9956
RGB	rgb(187, 153, 86)
HSL	hsl(40, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(40, 54%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 54%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.98, 4.37, 39.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.98, 39.88, 83.71°)
OKLab	oklab(69.97% 0.0115 0.0941)
OKLCH	oklch(69.97% 0.095 83)
XYZ	xyz(33.5659, 34.0210, 13.6010)
Luminance	0.3402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9956 #5678BB

analogous

#BB6656 #BB9956 #AABB56

triadic

#BB9956 #56BB99 #9956BB

tetradic

#BB9956 #56BB66 #5678BB #BB56AA

square

#BB9956 #56BB66 #5678BB #BB56AA

split-complementary

#BB9956 #56AABB #6656BB

monochromatic

#6B562B #97793D #BB9956 #CDB382 #DECEAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#BB9956 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#BB9956 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9956

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9956	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9956	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)

#A89950

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A158

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98E89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9956;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 153, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.095 83.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b687',
    500: '#bb9956',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9956;
$custom-light: #d2b687;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9956",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.802,
    "s": 42.616,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69975,
    "c": 0.09484,
    "h": 83
  },
  "luminance": 0.34019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9956

secondary

#A1AFCC

accent

#7FD255

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9956

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

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