#BB9D59#BB9D59

#BB9D59 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.094 H 86.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9D59
RGB	rgb(187, 157, 89)
HSL	hsl(42, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(42, 52%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 52.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.06, 2.46, 39.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.06, 39.49, 86.43°)
OKLab	oklab(70.84% 0.0063 0.0939)
OKLCH	oklch(70.84% 0.094 86.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.3550, 35.4018, 14.4729)
Luminance	0.3540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9D59 #5977BB

analogous

#BB6C59 #BB9D59 #A8BB59

triadic

#BB9D59 #59BB9D #9D59BB

tetradic

#BB9D59 #59BB6C #5977BB #BB59A8

square

#BB9D59 #59BB6C #5977BB #BB59A8

split-complementary

#BB9D59 #59A8BB #6C59BB

monochromatic

#6D592D #987D3E #BB9D59 #CDB784 #DFD0B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#BB9D59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#BB9D59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9D59

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9D59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9D59	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)

#AC9C53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A45B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8938D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9d59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 157, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.094 86.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b989',
    500: '#bb9d59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9d59;
$custom-light: #d2b989;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9d59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.633,
    "s": 41.88,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70838,
    "c": 0.09411,
    "h": 86.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9D59

secondary

#A3B0CD

accent

#7CD256

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110C

muted

#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9D59

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

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