#BB9451#BB9451

#BB9451 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.097 H 79.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9451
RGB	rgb(187, 148, 81)
HSL	hsl(38, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(38, 57%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.9%, 56.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.62, 6.68, 40.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.62, 41.12, 80.64°)
OKLab	oklab(68.89% 0.0177 0.0957)
OKLCH	oklch(68.89% 0.097 79.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.5702, 32.3407, 12.3099)
Luminance	0.3234 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9451 #5178BB

analogous

#BB5F51 #BB9451 #ADBB51

triadic

#BB9451 #51BB94 #9451BB

tetradic

#BB9451 #51BB5F #5178BB #BB51AD

square

#BB9451 #51BB5F #5178BB #BB51AD

split-complementary

#BB9451 #51ADBB #5F51BB

monochromatic

#695129 #95733A #BB9451 #CCAF7D #DDCAA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#BB9451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.47

#BB9451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9451

7.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9451	1.00	2.81	7.47	7.47
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4944B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9E53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98984

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 148, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.097 79.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b383',
    500: '#bb9451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9451;
$custom-light: #d2b383;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.925,
    "s": 43.802,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6889,
    "c": 0.09731,
    "h": 79.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9451

secondary

#9DAECB

accent

#83D454

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9451

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

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