#BB9D57#BB9D57

#BB9D57 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.096 H 86.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9D57
RGB	rgb(187, 157, 87)
HSL	hsl(42, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(42, 53%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 53.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.03, 2.28, 40.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.03, 40.47, 86.77°)
OKLab	oklab(70.81% 0.0055 0.0959)
OKLCH	oklch(70.81% 0.096 86.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.2722, 35.3686, 14.0366)
Luminance	0.3537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9D57 #5775BB

analogous

#BB6B57 #BB9D57 #A7BB57

triadic

#BB9D57 #57BB9D #9D57BB

tetradic

#BB9D57 #57BB6B #5775BB #BB57A7

square

#BB9D57 #57BB6B #5775BB #BB57A7

split-complementary

#BB9D57 #57A7BB #6B57BB

monochromatic

#6C592C #977C3D #BB9D57 #CDB683 #DED0AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#BB9D57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#BB9D57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9D57

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9D57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9D57	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)

#AC9C51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A459

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9928D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9d57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 157, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.096 86.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b988',
    500: '#bb9d57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9d57;
$custom-light: #d2b988;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9d57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42,
    "s": 42.373,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70809,
    "c": 0.09607,
    "h": 86.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9D57

secondary

#A2AECC

accent

#7BD256

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9D57

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

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