#BB9B53#BB9B53

#BB9B53 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.099 H 85.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9B53
RGB	rgb(187, 155, 83)
HSL	hsl(42, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(42, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 55.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.46, 3.03, 41.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.46, 41.86, 85.85°)
OKLab	oklab(70.34% 0.0072 0.0985)
OKLCH	oklch(70.34% 0.099 85.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.7777, 34.6339, 13.0878)
Luminance	0.3463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9B53 #5373BB

analogous

#BB6753 #BB9B53 #A7BB53

triadic

#BB9B53 #53BB9B #9B53BB

tetradic

#BB9B53 #53BB67 #5373BB #BB53A7

square

#BB9B53 #53BB67 #5373BB #BB53A7

split-complementary

#BB9B53 #53A7BB #6753BB

monochromatic

#6A562A #967A3B #BB9B53 #CCB47F #DECEAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#BB9B53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#BB9B53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9B53

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9B53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9B53	1.00	2.65	7.93	7.93
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9A4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A256

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9908A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9b53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 155, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.099 85.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b885',
    500: '#bb9b53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9b53;
$custom-light: #d2b885;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9b53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.538,
    "s": 43.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70343,
    "c": 0.09873,
    "h": 85.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9B53

secondary

#9EACCB

accent

#7CD355

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9B53

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

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