#BB9D5D#BB9D5D

#BB9D5D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.090 H 85.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9D5D
RGB	rgb(187, 157, 93)
HSL	hsl(41, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(41, 50%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 50.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.11, 2.82, 37.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.11, 37.52, 85.68°)
OKLab	oklab(70.9% 0.0078 0.0898)
OKLCH	oklch(70.9% 0.09 85)
XYZ	xyz(34.5276, 35.4708, 15.3817)
Luminance	0.3547 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9D5D #5D7BBB

analogous

#BB6E5D #BB9D5D #AABB5D

triadic

#BB9D5D #5DBB9D #9D5DBB

tetradic

#BB9D5D #5DBB6E #5D7BBB #BB5DAA

square

#BB9D5D #5DBB6E #5D7BBB #BB5DAA

split-complementary

#BB9D5D #5DAABB #6E5DBB

monochromatic

#6F5A2F #9A7E41 #BB9D5D #CDB788 #DFD1B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#BB9D5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#BB9D5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9D5D

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9D5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9D5D	1.00	2.59	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9C58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A45F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8938E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9d5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 157, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.090 85.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b98c',
    500: '#bb9d5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9d5d;
$custom-light: #d1b98c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9d5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.851,
    "s": 40.87,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70897,
    "c": 0.09011,
    "h": 85
  },
  "luminance": 0.35469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9D5D

secondary

#A6B3CE

accent

#7ED157

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110C

muted

#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9D5D

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

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