#BB9D58#BB9D58

#BB9D58 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.095 H 86.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9D58
RGB	rgb(187, 157, 88)
HSL	hsl(42, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(42, 53%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 52.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.05, 2.37, 39.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.05, 39.98, 86.60°)
OKLab	oklab(70.82% 0.0059 0.0949)
OKLCH	oklch(70.82% 0.095 86.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.3133, 35.3851, 14.2533)
Luminance	0.3538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9D58 #5876BB

analogous

#BB6C58 #BB9D58 #A8BB58

triadic

#BB9D58 #58BB9D #9D58BB

tetradic

#BB9D58 #58BB6C #5876BB #BB58A8

square

#BB9D58 #58BB6C #5876BB #BB58A8

split-complementary

#BB9D58 #58A8BB #6C58BB

monochromatic

#6C592C #987D3E #BB9D58 #CDB783 #DED0AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#BB9D58 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#BB9D58 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9D58

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9D58	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9D58	1.00	2.60	8.08	8.08
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9C52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A45A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8928D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9d58;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 157, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.095 86.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b989',
    500: '#bb9d58',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9d58;
$custom-light: #d2b989;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9d58",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.818,
    "s": 42.128,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70824,
    "c": 0.09509,
    "h": 86.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9D58

secondary

#A2AFCD

accent

#7BD256

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9D58

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

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