#BB9533#BB9533

#BB9533 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.121 H 86.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9533
RGB	rgb(187, 149, 51)
HSL	hsl(43, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(43, 73%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.3%, 72.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.59, 4.19, 54.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.59, 54.72, 85.61°)
OKLab	oklab(68.77% 0.0065 0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(68.77% 0.121 86.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.8404, 32.3008, 7.6890)
Luminance	0.3230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9533 #3359BB

analogous

#BB5133 #BB9533 #9DBB33

triadic

#BB9533 #33BB95 #9533BB

tetradic

#BB9533 #33BB51 #3359BB #BB339D

square

#BB9533 #33BB51 #3359BB #BB339D

split-complementary

#BB9533 #339DBB #5133BB

monochromatic

#5B4819 #8B6F26 #BB9533 #D2B059 #DFC789

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#BB9533 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.46

#BB9533 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9533

7.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9533	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9533	1.00	2.82	7.46	7.46
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79425

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8881

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9533;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 149, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.121 86.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b371',
    500: '#bb9533',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9533;
$custom-light: #d4b371;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9533",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.235,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68771,
    "c": 0.12136,
    "h": 86.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9533

secondary

#8195C9

accent

#72E047

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9533

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

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