#BB9E56#BB9E56

#BB9E56 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.098 H 87.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9E56
RGB	rgb(187, 158, 86)
HSL	hsl(43, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(43, 54%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 54%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.28, 1.66, 41.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.28, 41.25, 87.70°)
OKLab	oklab(71% 0.0036 0.0976)
OKLCH	oklch(71% 0.098 87.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.4015, 35.6922, 13.8795)
Luminance	0.3569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9E56 #5673BB

analogous

#BB6B56 #BB9E56 #A5BB56

triadic

#BB9E56 #56BB9E #9E56BB

tetradic

#BB9E56 #56BB6B #5673BB #BB56A5

square

#BB9E56 #56BB6B #5673BB #BB56A5

split-complementary

#BB9E56 #56A5BB #6B56BB

monochromatic

#6B592B #977D3D #BB9E56 #CDB782 #DED0AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#BB9E56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#BB9E56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9E56

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9E56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9E56	1.00	2.58	8.14	8.14
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9D50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A459

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9938D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9e56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 158, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.098 87.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ba87',
    500: '#bb9e56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9e56;
$custom-light: #d2ba87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9e56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.772,
    "s": 42.616,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71002,
    "c": 0.09765,
    "h": 87.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9E56

secondary

#A1ADCC

accent

#79D255

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9E56

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

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