#BB9F5D#BB9F5D

#BB9F5D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.091 H 87.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9F5D
RGB	rgb(187, 159, 93)
HSL	hsl(42, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(42, 50%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 50.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.64, 1.74, 38.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.64, 38.10, 87.38°)
OKLab	oklab(71.31% 0.0046 0.0912)
OKLCH	oklch(71.31% 0.091 87.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.8687, 36.1531, 15.4954)
Luminance	0.3615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9F5D #5D79BB

analogous

#BB705D #BB9F5D #A8BB5D

triadic

#BB9F5D #5DBB9F #9F5DBB

tetradic

#BB9F5D #5DBB70 #5D79BB #BB5DA8

square

#BB9F5D #5DBB70 #5D79BB #BB5DA8

split-complementary

#BB9F5D #5DA8BB #705DBB

monochromatic

#6F5C2F #9A7F41 #BB9F5D #CDB988 #DFD2B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#BB9F5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#BB9F5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9F5D

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9F5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9F5D	1.00	2.55	8.23	8.23
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9E58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A55F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8958F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9f5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 159, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.091 87.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bb8c',
    500: '#bb9f5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9f5d;
$custom-light: #d1bb8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9f5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.128,
    "s": 40.87,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71309,
    "c": 0.09133,
    "h": 87.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9F5D

secondary

#A6B2CE

accent

#7BD157

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110C

muted

#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9F5D

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

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