#BB9F61#BB9F61

#BB9F61 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.087 H 85.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9F61
RGB	rgb(187, 159, 97)
HSL	hsl(41, 40%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(41, 48%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 48.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.69, 2.12, 36.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.69, 36.11, 86.63°)
OKLab	oklab(71.37% 0.0062 0.087)
OKLCH	oklch(71.37% 0.087 85.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.0505, 36.2258, 16.4530)
Luminance	0.3622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9F61 #617DBB

analogous

#BB7261 #BB9F61 #AABB61

triadic

#BB9F61 #61BB9F #9F61BB

tetradic

#BB9F61 #61BB72 #617DBB #BB61AA

square

#BB9F61 #61BB72 #617DBB #BB61AA

split-complementary

#BB9F61 #61AABB #7261BB

monochromatic

#715D31 #9C8043 #BB9F61 #CDB98C #E0D3B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#BB9F61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#BB9F61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9F61

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9F61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9F61	1.00	2.55	8.24	8.24
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9E5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A563

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89590

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9f61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 159, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.087 85.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bb8f',
    500: '#bb9f61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9f61;
$custom-light: #d1bb8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9f61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.333,
    "s": 39.823,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71371,
    "c": 0.08722,
    "h": 85.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9F61

secondary

#A9B5CF

accent

#7DD058

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110C

muted

#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9F61

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

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