#BB9C59#BB9C59

#BB9C59 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.094 H 85.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9C59
RGB	rgb(187, 156, 89)
HSL	hsl(41, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(41, 52%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.6%, 52.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.80, 3.00, 39.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.80, 39.21, 85.61°)
OKLab	oklab(70.63% 0.0079 0.0932)
OKLCH	oklch(70.63% 0.094 85.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.1865, 35.0648, 14.4167)
Luminance	0.3506 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9C59 #5978BB

analogous

#BB6B59 #BB9C59 #A9BB59

triadic

#BB9C59 #59BB9C #9C59BB

tetradic

#BB9C59 #59BB6B #5978BB #BB59A9

square

#BB9C59 #59BB6B #5978BB #BB59A9

split-complementary

#BB9C59 #59A9BB #6B59BB

monochromatic

#6D592D #987C3E #BB9C59 #CDB684 #DFD0B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#BB9C59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#BB9C59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9C59

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9C59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9C59	1.00	2.62	8.01	8.01
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9B53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A35B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8918C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9c59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 156, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.094 85.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b989',
    500: '#bb9c59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9c59;
$custom-light: #d2b989;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9c59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.02,
    "s": 41.88,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70632,
    "c": 0.09352,
    "h": 85.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9C59

secondary

#A3B0CD

accent

#7DD256

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110C

muted

#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9C59

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

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