#BB9E5D#BB9E5D

#BB9E5D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.091 H 86.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9E5D
RGB	rgb(187, 158, 93)
HSL	hsl(41, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(41, 50%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 50.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.37, 2.28, 37.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.37, 37.80, 86.54°)
OKLab	oklab(71.1% 0.0062 0.0905)
OKLCH	oklch(71.1% 0.091 86.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.6975, 35.8105, 15.4383)
Luminance	0.3581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9E5D #5D7ABB

analogous

#BB6F5D #BB9E5D #A9BB5D

triadic

#BB9E5D #5DBB9E #9E5DBB

tetradic

#BB9E5D #5DBB6F #5D7ABB #BB5DA9

square

#BB9E5D #5DBB6F #5D7ABB #BB5DA9

split-complementary

#BB9E5D #5DA9BB #6F5DBB

monochromatic

#6F5B2F #9A7F41 #BB9E5D #CDB888 #DFD2B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#BB9E5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#BB9E5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9E5D

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9E5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9E5D	1.00	2.57	8.16	8.16
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9D58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A55F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8948E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9e5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 158, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.091 86.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ba8c',
    500: '#bb9e5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9e5d;
$custom-light: #d1ba8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9e5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.489,
    "s": 40.87,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71103,
    "c": 0.0907,
    "h": 86.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9E5D

secondary

#A6B2CE

accent

#7DD157

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110C

muted

#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9E5D

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

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