#BB9F53#BB9F53

#BB9F53 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.101 H 89.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9F53
RGB	rgb(187, 159, 83)
HSL	hsl(44, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(44, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 55.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.51, 0.86, 42.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.51, 43.00, 88.85°)
OKLab	oklab(71.17% 0.0009 0.1012)
OKLCH	oklch(71.17% 0.101 89.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.4544, 35.9874, 13.3134)
Luminance	0.3599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9F53 #536FBB

analogous

#BB6B53 #BB9F53 #A3BB53

triadic

#BB9F53 #53BB9F #9F53BB

tetradic

#BB9F53 #53BB6B #536FBB #BB53A3

square

#BB9F53 #53BB6B #536FBB #BB53A3

split-complementary

#BB9F53 #53A3BB #6B53BB

monochromatic

#6A592A #967D3B #BB9F53 #CCB77F #DED0AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#BB9F53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#BB9F53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9F53

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9F53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9F53	1.00	2.56	8.20	8.20
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9D4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A556

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9948D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9f53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 159, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.101 89.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bb85',
    500: '#bb9f53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9f53;
$custom-light: #d2bb85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9f53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.846,
    "s": 43.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71168,
    "c": 0.10118,
    "h": 89.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9F53

secondary

#9EABCB

accent

#77D355

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9F53

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

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