#BB9D56#BB9D56

#BB9D56 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.097 H 87.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9D56
RGB	rgb(187, 157, 86)
HSL	hsl(42, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(42, 54%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 54%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.02, 2.20, 40.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.02, 40.96, 86.93°)
OKLab	oklab(70.8% 0.0051 0.0969)
OKLCH	oklch(70.8% 0.097 87)
XYZ	xyz(34.2316, 35.3524, 13.8229)
Luminance	0.3535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9D56 #5674BB

analogous

#BB6A56 #BB9D56 #A6BB56

triadic

#BB9D56 #56BB9D #9D56BB

tetradic

#BB9D56 #56BB6A #5674BB #BB56A6

square

#BB9D56 #56BB6A #5674BB #BB56A6

split-complementary

#BB9D56 #56A6BB #6A56BB

monochromatic

#6B582B #977C3D #BB9D56 #CDB682 #DED0AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#BB9D56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#BB9D56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9D56

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9D56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9D56	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)

#AC9C50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A459

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9928C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9d56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 157, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.097 87.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b987',
    500: '#bb9d56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9d56;
$custom-light: #d2b987;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9d56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.178,
    "s": 42.616,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70795,
    "c": 0.09704,
    "h": 87
  },
  "luminance": 0.35351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9D56

secondary

#A1AECC

accent

#7BD255

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9D56

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

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