#BB9C5C#BB9C5C

#BB9C5C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.091 H 84.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9C5C
RGB	rgb(187, 156, 92)
HSL	hsl(40, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(40, 51%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.6%, 50.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.84, 3.27, 37.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.84, 37.74, 85.02°)
OKLab	oklab(70.68% 0.009 0.0901)
OKLCH	oklch(70.68% 0.091 84.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.3151, 35.1162, 15.0938)
Luminance	0.3511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9C5C #5C7BBB

analogous

#BB6C5C #BB9C5C #ABBB5C

triadic

#BB9C5C #5CBB9C #9C5CBB

tetradic

#BB9C5C #5CBB6C #5C7BBB #BB5CAB

square

#BB9C5C #5CBB6C #5C7BBB #BB5CAB

split-complementary

#BB9C5C #5CABBB #6C5CBB

monochromatic

#6F592E #9A7C40 #BB9C5C #CDB687 #DFD0B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#BB9C5C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#BB9C5C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9C5C

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9C5C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9C5C	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)

#AA9B57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A35E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8928D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9c5c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 156, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.091 84.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b98b',
    500: '#bb9c5c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9c5c;
$custom-light: #d1b98b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9c5c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.421,
    "s": 41.126,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70677,
    "c": 0.09055,
    "h": 84.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9C5C

secondary

#A5B2CD

accent

#7FD157

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110C

muted

#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9C5C

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

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