#BB9E4E#BB9E4E

#BB9E4E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.105 H 89.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9E4E
RGB	rgb(187, 158, 78)
HSL	hsl(44, 44%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(44, 58%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 58.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.19, 1.00, 45.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.19, 45.10, 88.72°)
OKLab	oklab(70.9% 0.0007 0.1052)
OKLCH	oklch(70.9% 0.105 89.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.0970, 35.5704, 12.2760)
Luminance	0.3557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9E4E #4E6BBB

analogous

#BB684E #BB9E4E #A2BB4E

triadic

#BB9E4E #4EBB9E #9E4EBB

tetradic

#BB9E4E #4EBB68 #4E6BBB #BB4EA2

square

#BB9E4E #4EBB68 #4E6BBB #BB4EA2

split-complementary

#BB9E4E #4EA2BB #684EBB

monochromatic

#675628 #937B39 #BB9E4E #CCB67A #DDCEA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#BB9E4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#BB9E4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9E4E

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9E4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9E4E	1.00	2.59	8.11	8.11
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9C46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A451

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9938C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9e4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 158, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.105 89.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ba82',
    500: '#bb9e4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9e4e;
$custom-light: #d2ba82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9e4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.037,
    "s": 44.49,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70898,
    "c": 0.10519,
    "h": 89.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9E4E

secondary

#9BA7CA

accent

#76D454

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9E4E

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

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