#BB9D5F#BB9D5F

#BB9D5F is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.088 H 84.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9D5F
RGB	rgb(187, 157, 95)
HSL	hsl(40, 40%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(40, 49%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 49.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.14, 3.01, 36.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.14, 36.53, 85.27°)
OKLab	oklab(70.93% 0.0086 0.0877)
OKLCH	oklch(70.93% 0.088 84.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.6173, 35.5067, 15.8543)
Luminance	0.3550 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9D5F #5F7DBB

analogous

#BB6F5F #BB9D5F #ABBB5F

triadic

#BB9D5F #5FBB9D #9D5FBB

tetradic

#BB9D5F #5FBB6F #5F7DBB #BB5FAB

square

#BB9D5F #5FBB6F #5F7DBB #BB5FAB

split-complementary

#BB9D5F #5FABBB #6F5FBB

monochromatic

#705B30 #9B7E42 #BB9D5F #CDB78A #E0D2B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#BB9D5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.10

#BB9D5F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9D5F

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9D5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9D5F	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)

#AB9C5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A461

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8938E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9d5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 157, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.088 84.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b98d',
    500: '#bb9d5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9d5f;
$custom-light: #d1b98d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9d5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.435,
    "s": 40.351,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70928,
    "c": 0.08809,
    "h": 84.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9D5F

secondary

#A8B4CE

accent

#7FD058

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110C

muted

#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9D5F

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

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