#BB9959#BB9959

#BB9959 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.092 H 82.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9959
RGB	rgb(187, 153, 89)
HSL	hsl(39, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(39, 52%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 52.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.02, 4.63, 38.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.02, 38.42, 83.07°)
OKLab	oklab(70.02% 0.0126 0.0911)
OKLCH	oklch(70.02% 0.092 82.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.6893, 34.0704, 14.2510)
Luminance	0.3407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9959 #597BBB

analogous

#BB6859 #BB9959 #ACBB59

triadic

#BB9959 #59BB99 #9959BB

tetradic

#BB9959 #59BB68 #597BBB #BB59AC

square

#BB9959 #59BB68 #597BBB #BB59AC

split-complementary

#BB9959 #59ACBB #6859BB

monochromatic

#6D572D #98793E #BB9959 #CDB484 #DFCEB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#BB9959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.81

#BB9959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9959

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9959	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)

#A89954

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A15B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98E8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 153, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.092 82.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b689',
    500: '#bb9959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9959;
$custom-light: #d2b689;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.184,
    "s": 41.88,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70019,
    "c": 0.09195,
    "h": 82.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9959

secondary

#A3B2CD

accent

#81D256

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9959

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

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