#BB9D5E#BB9D5E

#BB9D5E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.089 H 84.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9D5E
RGB	rgb(187, 157, 94)
HSL	hsl(41, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(41, 50%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 49.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.13, 2.92, 36.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.13, 37.02, 85.48°)
OKLab	oklab(70.91% 0.0082 0.0887)
OKLCH	oklch(70.91% 0.089 84.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.5722, 35.4886, 15.6165)
Luminance	0.3549 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9D5E #5E7CBB

analogous

#BB6E5E #BB9D5E #AABB5E

triadic

#BB9D5E #5EBB9D #9D5EBB

tetradic

#BB9D5E #5EBB6E #5E7CBB #BB5EAA

square

#BB9D5E #5EBB6E #5E7CBB #BB5EAA

split-complementary

#BB9D5E #5EAABB #6E5EBB

monochromatic

#705B2F #9B7E41 #BB9D5E #CDB789 #DFD1B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#BB9D5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.10

#BB9D5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9D5E

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9D5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9D5E	1.00	2.59	8.10	8.10
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9C59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A460

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8938E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9d5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 157, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.089 84.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b98d',
    500: '#bb9d5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9d5e;
$custom-light: #d1b98d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9d5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.645,
    "s": 40.611,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70912,
    "c": 0.0891,
    "h": 84.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9D5E

secondary

#A7B3CE

accent

#7ED057

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110C

muted

#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9D5E

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

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