#BB9F56#BB9F56

#BB9F56 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.098 H 88.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9F56
RGB	rgb(187, 159, 86)
HSL	hsl(43, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(43, 54%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 54%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.55, 1.11, 41.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.55, 41.54, 88.46°)
OKLab	oklab(71.21% 0.002 0.0983)
OKLCH	oklch(71.21% 0.098 88.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.5728, 36.0347, 13.9366)
Luminance	0.3603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9F56 #5672BB

analogous

#BB6C56 #BB9F56 #A4BB56

triadic

#BB9F56 #56BB9F #9F56BB

tetradic

#BB9F56 #56BB6C #5672BB #BB56A4

square

#BB9F56 #56BB6C #5672BB #BB56A4

split-complementary

#BB9F56 #56A4BB #6C56BB

monochromatic

#6B5A2B #977E3D #BB9F56 #CDB882 #DED1AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#BB9F56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#BB9F56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9F56

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9F56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9F56	1.00	2.56	8.21	8.21
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9D50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A559

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8948E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9f56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 159, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.098 88.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bb87',
    500: '#bb9f56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9f56;
$custom-light: #d2bb87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9f56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.366,
    "s": 42.616,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71209,
    "c": 0.0983,
    "h": 88.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9F56

secondary

#A1ADCC

accent

#78D255

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9F56

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

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