#BB9D52#BB9D52

#BB9D52 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.101 H 87.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9D52
RGB	rgb(187, 157, 82)
HSL	hsl(43, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(43, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 56.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.97, 1.86, 42.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.97, 42.90, 87.51°)
OKLab	oklab(70.74% 0.0037 0.1008)
OKLCH	oklch(70.74% 0.101 87.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.0749, 35.2897, 12.9978)
Luminance	0.3529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9D52 #5270BB

analogous

#BB6852 #BB9D52 #A4BB52

triadic

#BB9D52 #52BB9D #9D52BB

tetradic

#BB9D52 #52BB68 #5270BB #BB52A4

square

#BB9D52 #52BB68 #5270BB #BB52A4

split-complementary

#BB9D52 #52A4BB #6852BB

monochromatic

#695729 #957B3B #BB9D52 #CCB67E #DECFAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#BB9D52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#BB9D52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9D52

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9D52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9D52	1.00	2.61	8.06	8.06
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9C4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A455

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9928C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9d52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 157, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.101 87.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b985',
    500: '#bb9d52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9d52;
$custom-light: #d2b985;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9d52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.857,
    "s": 43.568,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70742,
    "c": 0.10086,
    "h": 87.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9D52

secondary

#9EABCB

accent

#79D354

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9D52

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

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