#BB9F57#BB9F57

#BB9F57 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.097 H 88.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9F57
RGB	rgb(187, 159, 87)
HSL	hsl(43, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(43, 53%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 53.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.56, 1.20, 41.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.56, 41.06, 88.32°)
OKLab	oklab(71.22% 0.0024 0.0973)
OKLCH	oklch(71.22% 0.097 88.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.6133, 36.0509, 14.1503)
Luminance	0.3605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9F57 #5773BB

analogous

#BB6D57 #BB9F57 #A5BB57

triadic

#BB9F57 #57BB9F #9F57BB

tetradic

#BB9F57 #57BB6D #5773BB #BB57A5

square

#BB9F57 #57BB6D #5773BB #BB57A5

split-complementary

#BB9F57 #57A5BB #6D57BB

monochromatic

#6C5A2C #977E3D #BB9F57 #CDB883 #DED1AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#BB9F57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#BB9F57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9F57

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9F57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9F57	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)

#AE9D51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A55A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8948E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9f57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 159, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.097 88.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bb88',
    500: '#bb9f57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9f57;
$custom-light: #d2bb88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9f57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.2,
    "s": 42.373,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71222,
    "c": 0.09733,
    "h": 88.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9F57

secondary

#A2ADCC

accent

#79D256

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9F57

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

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