#BB9E50#BB9E50

#BB9E50 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.103 H 89.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9E50
RGB	rgb(187, 158, 80)
HSL	hsl(44, 44%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(44, 57%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 57.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.21, 1.16, 44.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.21, 44.15, 88.49°)
OKLab	oklab(70.92% 0.0014 0.1033)
OKLCH	oklch(70.92% 0.103 89.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.1698, 35.5995, 12.6594)
Luminance	0.3560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9E50 #506DBB

analogous

#BB6850 #BB9E50 #A3BB50

triadic

#BB9E50 #50BB9E #9E50BB

tetradic

#BB9E50 #50BB68 #506DBB #BB50A3

square

#BB9E50 #50BB68 #506DBB #BB50A3

split-complementary

#BB9E50 #50A3BB #6850BB

monochromatic

#685728 #947C3A #BB9E50 #CCB67C #DDCFA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#BB9E50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#BB9E50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9E50

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9E50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9E50	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)

#AD9C49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A453

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9938C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9e50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 158, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.103 89.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ba83',
    500: '#bb9e50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9e50;
$custom-light: #d2ba83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9e50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.738,
    "s": 44.033,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70923,
    "c": 0.10335,
    "h": 89.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9E50

secondary

#9CA9CB

accent

#77D454

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9E50

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

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