#BB9E59#BB9E59

#BB9E59 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.095 H 87.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9E59
RGB	rgb(187, 158, 89)
HSL	hsl(42, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(42, 52%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 52.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.32, 1.92, 39.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.32, 39.78, 87.24°)
OKLab	oklab(71.04% 0.0047 0.0946)
OKLCH	oklch(71.04% 0.095 87.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.5249, 35.7415, 14.5295)
Luminance	0.3574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9E59 #5976BB

analogous

#BB6D59 #BB9E59 #A7BB59

triadic

#BB9E59 #59BB9E #9E59BB

tetradic

#BB9E59 #59BB6D #5976BB #BB59A7

square

#BB9E59 #59BB6D #5976BB #BB59A7

split-complementary

#BB9E59 #59A7BB #6D59BB

monochromatic

#6D5A2D #987E3E #BB9E59 #CDB784 #DFD1B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#BB9E59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#BB9E59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9E59

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9E59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9E59	1.00	2.58	8.15	8.15
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9D53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A55B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8948E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9e59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 158, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.095 87.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ba89',
    500: '#bb9e59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9e59;
$custom-light: #d2ba89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9e59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.245,
    "s": 41.88,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71044,
    "c": 0.09472,
    "h": 87.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9E59

secondary

#A3AFCD

accent

#7BD256

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110C

muted

#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9E59

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

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