#BB9D65#BB9D65

#BB9D65 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.082 H 82.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9D65
RGB	rgb(187, 157, 101)
HSL	hsl(39, 39%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(39, 46%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 46%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.23, 3.61, 33.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.23, 33.55, 83.82°)
OKLab	oklab(71.03% 0.0109 0.0812)
OKLCH	oklch(71.03% 0.082 82.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.9006, 35.6200, 17.3464)
Luminance	0.3562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9D65 #6583BB

analogous

#BB7265 #BB9D65 #AEBB65

triadic

#BB9D65 #65BB9D #9D65BB

tetradic

#BB9D65 #65BB72 #6583BB #BB65AE

square

#BB9D65 #65BB72 #6583BB #BB65AE

split-complementary

#BB9D65 #65AEBB #7265BB

monochromatic

#735C33 #9D7F45 #BB9D65 #CEB88F #E0D3BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#BB9D65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#BB9D65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9D65

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9D65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9D65	1.00	2.59	8.12	8.12
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9D61

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A467

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8948F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9d65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 157, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.082 82.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b992',
    500: '#bb9d65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9d65;
$custom-light: #d1b992;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9d65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.07,
    "s": 38.739,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71025,
    "c": 0.08189,
    "h": 82.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35618
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9D65

secondary

#ACB9D0

accent

#82CF59

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF6F1

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110D

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9D65

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

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