#BB9431#BB9431

#BB9431 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.122 H 86.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9431
RGB	rgb(187, 148, 49)
HSL	hsl(43, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(43, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.9%, 73.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.32, 4.64, 55.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.32, 55.30, 85.18°)
OKLab	oklab(68.55% 0.0076 0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(68.55% 0.122 86.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.6397, 31.9685, 7.4092)
Luminance	0.3197 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9431 #3158BB

analogous

#BB4F31 #BB9431 #9DBB31

triadic

#BB9431 #31BB94 #9431BB

tetradic

#BB9431 #31BB4F #3158BB #BB319D

square

#BB9431 #31BB4F #3158BB #BB319D

split-complementary

#BB9431 #319DBB #4F31BB

monochromatic

#5A4718 #8B6E24 #BB9431 #D3B056 #E0C687

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#BB9431 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.39

#BB9431 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9431

7.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9431	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9431	1.00	2.84	7.39	7.39
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69322

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9E36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8780

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9431;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 148, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.122 86.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b370',
    500: '#bb9431',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9431;
$custom-light: #d4b370;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9431",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.043,
    "s": 58.475,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68551,
    "c": 0.12217,
    "h": 86.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9431

secondary

#7F94C9

accent

#72E246

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF5ED

border

#D4CFC8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9431

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

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