#BB9C5E#BB9C5E

#BB9C5E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.089 H 83.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9C5E
RGB	rgb(187, 156, 94)
HSL	hsl(40, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(40, 50%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.6%, 49.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.87, 3.46, 36.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.87, 36.75, 84.59°)
OKLab	oklab(70.71% 0.0098 0.088)
OKLCH	oklch(70.71% 0.089 83.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.4037, 35.1516, 15.5603)
Luminance	0.3515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9C5E #5E7DBB

analogous

#BB6E5E #BB9C5E #ABBB5E

triadic

#BB9C5E #5EBB9C #9C5EBB

tetradic

#BB9C5E #5EBB6E #5E7DBB #BB5EAB

square

#BB9C5E #5EBB6E #5E7DBB #BB5EAB

split-complementary

#BB9C5E #5EABBB #6E5EBB

monochromatic

#705A2F #9B7D41 #BB9C5E #CDB689 #DFD1B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#BB9C5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#BB9C5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9C5E

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9C5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9C5E	1.00	2.62	8.03	8.03
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9B59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A360

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8928D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9c5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 156, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.089 83.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b98d',
    500: '#bb9c5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9c5e;
$custom-light: #d1b98d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9c5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 40.611,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70707,
    "c": 0.08854,
    "h": 83.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9C5E

secondary

#A7B4CE

accent

#80D057

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110C

muted

#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9C5E

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

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