#BB9C5B#BB9C5B

#BB9C5B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.092 H 84.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9C5B
RGB	rgb(187, 156, 91)
HSL	hsl(41, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(41, 51%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.6%, 51.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.83, 3.18, 38.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.83, 38.23, 85.22°)
OKLab	oklab(70.66% 0.0086 0.0911)
OKLCH	oklch(70.66% 0.092 84.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.2717, 35.0988, 14.8651)
Luminance	0.3510 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9C5B #5B7ABB

analogous

#BB6C5B #BB9C5B #AABB5B

triadic

#BB9C5B #5BBB9C #9C5BBB

tetradic

#BB9C5B #5BBB6C #5B7ABB #BB5BAA

square

#BB9C5B #5BBB6C #5B7ABB #BB5BAA

split-complementary

#BB9C5B #5BAABB #6C5BBB

monochromatic

#6E592E #997C40 #BB9C5B #CDB686 #DFD0B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#BB9C5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#BB9C5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9C5B

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9C5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9C5B	1.00	2.62	8.02	8.02
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9B56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A35D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8928C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9c5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 156, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.092 84.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b98b',
    500: '#bb9c5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9c5b;
$custom-light: #d2b98b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9c5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.625,
    "s": 41.379,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70662,
    "c": 0.09155,
    "h": 84.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9C5B

secondary

#A5B2CD

accent

#7ED157

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110C

muted

#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9C5B

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

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