#BB9E65#BB9E65

#BB9E65 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.082 H 83.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9E65
RGB	rgb(187, 158, 101)
HSL	hsl(40, 39%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(40, 46%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 46%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.49, 3.07, 33.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.49, 33.82, 84.80°)
OKLab	oklab(71.23% 0.0093 0.0819)
OKLCH	oklch(71.23% 0.082 83.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.0705, 35.9598, 17.4030)
Luminance	0.3596 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9E65 #6582BB

analogous

#BB7365 #BB9E65 #ADBB65

triadic

#BB9E65 #65BB9E #9E65BB

tetradic

#BB9E65 #65BB73 #6582BB #BB65AD

square

#BB9E65 #65BB73 #6582BB #BB65AD

split-complementary

#BB9E65 #65ADBB #7365BB

monochromatic

#735D33 #9D8045 #BB9E65 #CEB98F #E0D3BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#BB9E65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#BB9E65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9E65

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9E65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9E65	1.00	2.56	8.19	8.19
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9D61

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A567

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89590

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9e65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 158, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.082 83.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ba92',
    500: '#bb9e65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9e65;
$custom-light: #d1ba92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9e65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.767,
    "s": 38.739,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7123,
    "c": 0.08244,
    "h": 83.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9E65

secondary

#ACB8D0

accent

#81CF59

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF6F1

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110D

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9E65

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

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