#BB9B52#BB9B52

#BB9B52 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.100 H 86.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9B52
RGB	rgb(187, 155, 82)
HSL	hsl(42, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(42, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 56.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.45, 2.95, 42.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.45, 42.34, 86.01°)
OKLab	oklab(70.33% 0.0068 0.0994)
OKLCH	oklch(70.33% 0.1 86.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.7393, 34.6185, 12.8859)
Luminance	0.3462 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9B52 #5272BB

analogous

#BB6652 #BB9B52 #A6BB52

triadic

#BB9B52 #52BB9B #9B52BB

tetradic

#BB9B52 #52BB66 #5272BB #BB52A6

square

#BB9B52 #52BB66 #5272BB #BB52A6

split-complementary

#BB9B52 #52A6BB #6652BB

monochromatic

#695629 #957A3B #BB9B52 #CCB47E #DECEAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#BB9B52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.92

#BB9B52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9B52

7.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9B52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9B52	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)

#AA9A4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A255

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9908A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9b52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 155, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.100 86.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b884',
    500: '#bb9b52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9b52;
$custom-light: #d2b884;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9b52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.714,
    "s": 43.568,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7033,
    "c": 0.09967,
    "h": 86.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9B52

secondary

#9EACCB

accent

#7BD354

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9B52

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

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