#BB9A52#BB9A52

#BB9A52 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.099 H 85.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9A52
RGB	rgb(187, 154, 82)
HSL	hsl(41, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(41, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 56.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.19, 3.49, 41.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.19, 42.07, 85.24°)
OKLab	oklab(70.13% 0.0084 0.0988)
OKLCH	oklch(70.13% 0.099 85.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.5736, 34.2871, 12.8307)
Luminance	0.3428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9A52 #5273BB

analogous

#BB6652 #BB9A52 #A7BB52

triadic

#BB9A52 #52BB9A #9A52BB

tetradic

#BB9A52 #52BB66 #5273BB #BB52A7

square

#BB9A52 #52BB66 #5273BB #BB52A7

split-complementary

#BB9A52 #52A7BB #6652BB

monochromatic

#695529 #95793B #BB9A52 #CCB47E #DECDAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#BB9A52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#BB9A52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9A52

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9A52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9A52	1.00	2.67	7.86	7.86
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9994B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A255

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98F89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9a52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 154, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.099 85.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b784',
    500: '#bb9a52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9a52;
$custom-light: #d2b784;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9a52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.143,
    "s": 43.568,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70125,
    "c": 0.09913,
    "h": 85.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9A52

secondary

#9EACCB

accent

#7CD354

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9A52

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

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