#BB9F5B#BB9F5B

#BB9F5B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.093 H 87.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9F5B
RGB	rgb(187, 159, 91)
HSL	hsl(43, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(43, 51%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 51.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.61, 1.56, 39.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.61, 39.09, 87.72°)
OKLab	oklab(71.28% 0.0039 0.0933)
OKLCH	oklch(71.28% 0.093 87.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.7813, 36.1181, 15.0349)
Luminance	0.3612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9F5B #5B77BB

analogous

#BB6F5B #BB9F5B #A7BB5B

triadic

#BB9F5B #5BBB9F #9F5BBB

tetradic

#BB9F5B #5BBB6F #5B77BB #BB5BA7

square

#BB9F5B #5BBB6F #5B77BB #BB5BA7

split-complementary

#BB9F5B #5BA7BB #6F5BBB

monochromatic

#6E5B2E #997F40 #BB9F5B #CDB886 #DFD2B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#BB9F5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#BB9F5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9F5B

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9F5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9F5B	1.00	2.55	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9E55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A55D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8958F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9f5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 159, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.093 87.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bb8b',
    500: '#bb9f5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9f5b;
$custom-light: #d2bb8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9f5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.5,
    "s": 41.379,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71279,
    "c": 0.09335,
    "h": 87.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9F5B

secondary

#A5B0CD

accent

#7AD157

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110C

muted

#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9F5B

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

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