#BB9453#BB9453

#BB9453 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.096 H 78.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9453
RGB	rgb(187, 148, 83)
HSL	hsl(38, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(38, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.9%, 55.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.65, 6.85, 39.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.65, 40.17, 80.18°)
OKLab	oklab(68.92% 0.0184 0.0937)
OKLCH	oklch(68.92% 0.096 78.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.6463, 32.3711, 12.7107)
Luminance	0.3237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9453 #537ABB

analogous

#BB6053 #BB9453 #AEBB53

triadic

#BB9453 #53BB94 #9453BB

tetradic

#BB9453 #53BB60 #537ABB #BB53AE

square

#BB9453 #53BB60 #537ABB #BB53AE

split-complementary

#BB9453 #53AEBB #6053BB

monochromatic

#6A522A #96743B #BB9453 #CCAF7F #DECBAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#BB9453 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.47

#BB9453 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9453

7.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9453	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9453	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)

#A4944D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9E55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98985

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9453;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 148, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.096 78.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b385',
    500: '#bb9453',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9453;
$custom-light: #d2b385;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9453",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.5,
    "s": 43.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68918,
    "c": 0.09551,
    "h": 78.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9453

secondary

#9EAFCB

accent

#84D355

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9453

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

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