#BB9958#BB9958

#BB9958 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.093 H 82.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9958
RGB	rgb(187, 153, 88)
HSL	hsl(39, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(39, 53%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 52.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.01, 4.55, 38.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.01, 38.91, 83.29°)
OKLab	oklab(70% 0.0123 0.0921)
OKLCH	oklch(70% 0.093 82.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.6476, 34.0537, 14.0314)
Luminance	0.3405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9958 #587ABB

analogous

#BB6858 #BB9958 #ACBB58

triadic

#BB9958 #58BB99 #9958BB

tetradic

#BB9958 #58BB68 #587ABB #BB58AC

square

#BB9958 #58BB68 #587ABB #BB58AC

split-complementary

#BB9958 #58ACBB #6858BB

monochromatic

#6C562C #98793E #BB9958 #CDB483 #DECEAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#BB9958 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.81

#BB9958 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9958

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9958	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9958	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)

#A89952

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A15A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98E8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9958;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 153, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.093 82.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b688',
    500: '#bb9958',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9958;
$custom-light: #d2b688;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9958",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.394,
    "s": 42.128,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70004,
    "c": 0.09292,
    "h": 82.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9958

secondary

#A2B1CD

accent

#80D256

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9958

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

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