#BB9B56#BB9B56

#BB9B56 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.096 H 85.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9B56
RGB	rgb(187, 155, 86)
HSL	hsl(41, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(41, 54%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 54%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.50, 3.28, 40.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.50, 40.40, 85.34°)
OKLab	oklab(70.38% 0.0083 0.0955)
OKLCH	oklch(70.38% 0.096 85)
XYZ	xyz(33.8960, 34.6812, 13.7110)
Luminance	0.3468 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9B56 #5676BB

analogous

#BB6856 #BB9B56 #A8BB56

triadic

#BB9B56 #56BB9B #9B56BB

tetradic

#BB9B56 #56BB68 #5676BB #BB56A8

square

#BB9B56 #56BB68 #5676BB #BB56A8

split-complementary

#BB9B56 #56A8BB #6856BB

monochromatic

#6B572B #977A3D #BB9B56 #CDB582 #DECFAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#BB9B56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.94

#BB9B56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9B56

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9B56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9B56	1.00	2.65	7.94	7.94
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9A50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A358

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9908B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9b56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 155, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.096 85.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b887',
    500: '#bb9b56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9b56;
$custom-light: #d2b887;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9b56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.99,
    "s": 42.616,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70384,
    "c": 0.09588,
    "h": 85
  },
  "luminance": 0.34679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9B56

secondary

#A1AECC

accent

#7DD255

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9B56

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

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