#BB9D55#BB9D55

#BB9D55 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.098 H 87.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9D55
RGB	rgb(187, 157, 85)
HSL	hsl(42, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(42, 55%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 54.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.01, 2.11, 41.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.01, 41.45, 87.08°)
OKLab	oklab(70.78% 0.0048 0.0979)
OKLCH	oklch(70.78% 0.098 87.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.1916, 35.3364, 13.6122)
Luminance	0.3533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9D55 #5573BB

analogous

#BB6A55 #BB9D55 #A6BB55

triadic

#BB9D55 #55BB9D #9D55BB

tetradic

#BB9D55 #55BB6A #5573BB #BB55A6

square

#BB9D55 #55BB6A #5573BB #BB55A6

split-complementary

#BB9D55 #55A6BB #6A55BB

monochromatic

#6B582B #977C3C #BB9D55 #CCB681 #DECFAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#BB9D55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#BB9D55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9D55

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9D55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9D55	1.00	2.60	8.07	8.07
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9C4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A458

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9928C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9d55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 157, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.098 87.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b987',
    500: '#bb9d55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9d55;
$custom-light: #d2b987;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9d55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.353,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70782,
    "c": 0.09801,
    "h": 87.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9D55

secondary

#A0ADCC

accent

#7AD355

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9D55

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

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