#BB9E53#BB9E53

#BB9E53 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.101 H 88.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9E53
RGB	rgb(187, 158, 83)
HSL	hsl(43, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(43, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 55.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.25, 1.40, 42.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.25, 42.70, 88.12°)
OKLab	oklab(70.96% 0.0025 0.1005)
OKLCH	oklch(70.96% 0.101 88.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.2832, 35.6448, 13.2563)
Luminance	0.3564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9E53 #5370BB

analogous

#BB6A53 #BB9E53 #A4BB53

triadic

#BB9E53 #53BB9E #9E53BB

tetradic

#BB9E53 #53BB6A #5370BB #BB53A4

square

#BB9E53 #53BB6A #5370BB #BB53A4

split-complementary

#BB9E53 #53A4BB #6A53BB

monochromatic

#6A582A #967C3B #BB9E53 #CCB77F #DECFAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#BB9E53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.13

#BB9E53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9E53

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9E53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9E53	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)

#AD9C4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A456

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9938D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9e53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 158, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.101 88.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ba85',
    500: '#bb9e53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9e53;
$custom-light: #d2ba85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9e53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.269,
    "s": 43.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70961,
    "c": 0.10054,
    "h": 88.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9E53

secondary

#9EABCB

accent

#78D355

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9E53

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →