#BB9957#BB9957

#BB9957 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.094 H 82.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9957
RGB	rgb(187, 153, 87)
HSL	hsl(40, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(40, 53%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 53.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.99, 4.46, 39.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.99, 39.40, 83.50°)
OKLab	oklab(69.99% 0.0119 0.0931)
OKLCH	oklch(69.99% 0.094 82.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.6065, 34.0372, 13.8147)
Luminance	0.3403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9957 #5779BB

analogous

#BB6757 #BB9957 #ABBB57

triadic

#BB9957 #57BB99 #9957BB

tetradic

#BB9957 #57BB67 #5779BB #BB57AB

square

#BB9957 #57BB67 #5779BB #BB57AB

split-complementary

#BB9957 #57ABBB #6757BB

monochromatic

#6C562C #97793D #BB9957 #CDB383 #DECEAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#BB9957 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.81

#BB9957 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9957

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9957	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9957	1.00	2.69	7.81	7.81
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89951

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A159

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98E89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9957;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 153, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.094 82.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b688',
    500: '#bb9957',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9957;
$custom-light: #d2b688;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9957",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.6,
    "s": 42.373,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69989,
    "c": 0.09388,
    "h": 82.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9957

secondary

#A2B0CC

accent

#80D256

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9957

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →