#BB9F50#BB9F50

#BB9F50 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.104 H 90.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9F50
RGB	rgb(187, 159, 80)
HSL	hsl(44, 44%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(44, 57%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 57.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.48, 0.62, 44.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.48, 44.44, 89.20°)
OKLab	oklab(71.13% -0.0002 0.104)
OKLCH	oklch(71.13% 0.104 90.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.3411, 35.9420, 12.7165)
Luminance	0.3594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9F50 #506CBB

analogous

#BB6A50 #BB9F50 #A2BB50

triadic

#BB9F50 #50BB9F #9F50BB

tetradic

#BB9F50 #50BB6A #506CBB #BB50A2

square

#BB9F50 #50BB6A #506CBB #BB50A2

split-complementary

#BB9F50 #50A2BB #6A50BB

monochromatic

#685728 #947C3A #BB9F50 #CCB77C #DDCFA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#BB9F50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#BB9F50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9F50

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9F50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9F50	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)

#AE9D49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A553

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9948D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9f50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 159, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.104 90.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bb83',
    500: '#bb9f50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9f50;
$custom-light: #d2bb83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9f50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.299,
    "s": 44.033,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7113,
    "c": 0.10401,
    "h": 90.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9F50

secondary

#9CA8CB

accent

#75D454

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9F50

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

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