#BB9A55#BB9A55

#BB9A55 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.096 H 84.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9A55
RGB	rgb(187, 154, 85)
HSL	hsl(41, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(41, 55%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 54.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.23, 3.74, 40.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.23, 40.62, 84.72°)
OKLab	oklab(70.17% 0.0095 0.0958)
OKLCH	oklch(70.17% 0.096 84.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.6903, 34.3337, 13.4451)
Luminance	0.3433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9A55 #5576BB

analogous

#BB6755 #BB9A55 #A9BB55

triadic

#BB9A55 #55BB9A #9A55BB

tetradic

#BB9A55 #55BB67 #5576BB #BB55A9

square

#BB9A55 #55BB67 #5576BB #BB55A9

split-complementary

#BB9A55 #55A9BB #6755BB

monochromatic

#6B562B #97793C #BB9A55 #CCB481 #DECEAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#BB9A55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#BB9A55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9A55

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9A55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9A55	1.00	2.67	7.87	7.87
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9994F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A257

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98F8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9a55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 154, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.096 84.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b786',
    500: '#bb9a55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9a55;
$custom-light: #d2b786;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9a55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.588,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70165,
    "c": 0.0963,
    "h": 84.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9A55

secondary

#A0AECC

accent

#7ED355

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9A55

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

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