#BB9B50#BB9B50

#BB9B50 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.102 H 86.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9B50
RGB	rgb(187, 155, 80)
HSL	hsl(42, 44%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(42, 57%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 57.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.43, 2.79, 43.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.43, 43.30, 86.31°)
OKLab	oklab(70.3% 0.0061 0.1014)
OKLCH	oklch(70.3% 0.102 86.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.6643, 34.5885, 12.4909)
Luminance	0.3459 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9B50 #5070BB

analogous

#BB6550 #BB9B50 #A6BB50

triadic

#BB9B50 #50BB9B #9B50BB

tetradic

#BB9B50 #50BB65 #5070BB #BB50A6

square

#BB9B50 #50BB65 #5070BB #BB50A6

split-complementary

#BB9B50 #50A6BB #6550BB

monochromatic

#685528 #94793A #BB9B50 #CCB47C #DDCDA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#BB9B50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.92

#BB9B50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9B50

7.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9B50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9B50	1.00	2.65	7.92	7.92
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9A49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A253

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9908A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9b50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 155, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.102 86.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b883',
    500: '#bb9b50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9b50;
$custom-light: #d2b883;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9b50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.056,
    "s": 44.033,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70304,
    "c": 0.10153,
    "h": 86.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9B50

secondary

#9CAACB

accent

#7AD454

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9B50

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

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