#BB9B59#BB9B59

#BB9B59 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.093 H 84.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9B59
RGB	rgb(187, 155, 89)
HSL	hsl(40, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(40, 52%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 52.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.54, 3.55, 38.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.54, 38.94, 84.78°)
OKLab	oklab(70.43% 0.0094 0.0925)
OKLCH	oklch(70.43% 0.093 84.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.0194, 34.7306, 14.3610)
Luminance	0.3473 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9B59 #5979BB

analogous

#BB6A59 #BB9B59 #AABB59

triadic

#BB9B59 #59BB9B #9B59BB

tetradic

#BB9B59 #59BB6A #5979BB #BB59AA

square

#BB9B59 #59BB6A #5979BB #BB59AA

split-complementary

#BB9B59 #59AABB #6A59BB

monochromatic

#6D582D #987B3E #BB9B59 #CDB584 #DFCFB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#BB9B59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#BB9B59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9B59

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9B59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9B59	1.00	2.64	7.95	7.95
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9A53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A35B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9908B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9b59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 155, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.093 84.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b889',
    500: '#bb9b59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9b59;
$custom-light: #d2b889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9b59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.408,
    "s": 41.88,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70427,
    "c": 0.09297,
    "h": 84.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9B59

secondary

#A3B1CD

accent

#7ED256

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110C

muted

#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9B59

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

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