#BB9E52#BB9E52

#BB9E52 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.101 H 88.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9E52
RGB	rgb(187, 158, 82)
HSL	hsl(43, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(43, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 56.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.24, 1.32, 43.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.24, 43.19, 88.25°)
OKLab	oklab(70.95% 0.0021 0.1015)
OKLCH	oklch(70.95% 0.101 88.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.2448, 35.6295, 13.0544)
Luminance	0.3563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9E52 #526FBB

analogous

#BB6A52 #BB9E52 #A3BB52

triadic

#BB9E52 #52BB9E #9E52BB

tetradic

#BB9E52 #52BB6A #526FBB #BB52A3

square

#BB9E52 #52BB6A #526FBB #BB52A3

split-complementary

#BB9E52 #52A3BB #6A52BB

monochromatic

#695829 #957C3B #BB9E52 #CCB77E #DECFAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#BB9E52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.13

#BB9E52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9E52

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9E52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9E52	1.00	2.58	8.13	8.13
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9C4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A455

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9938D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9e52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 158, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.101 88.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ba85',
    500: '#bb9e52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9e52;
$custom-light: #d2ba85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9e52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.429,
    "s": 43.568,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70948,
    "c": 0.10148,
    "h": 88.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9E52

secondary

#9EAACB

accent

#78D354

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9E52

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

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