#BB953B#BB953B

#BB953B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.116 H 85.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB953B
RGB	rgb(187, 149, 59)
HSL	hsl(42, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(42, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.3%, 68.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.65, 4.62, 51.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.65, 51.40, 84.85°)
OKLab	oklab(68.84% 0.0087 0.1155)
OKLCH	oklch(68.84% 0.116 85.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.0322, 32.3775, 8.6992)
Luminance	0.3237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB953B #3B61BB

analogous

#BB553B #BB953B #A1BB3B

triadic

#BB953B #3BBB95 #953BBB

tetradic

#BB953B #3BBB55 #3B61BB #BB3BA1

square

#BB953B #3BBB55 #3B61BB #BB3BA1

split-complementary

#BB953B #3BA1BB #553BBB

monochromatic

#5E4B1E #8C702C #BB953B #CEAF65 #DDC793

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#BB953B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.47

#BB953B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB953B

7.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB953B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB953B	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)

#A69430

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9E3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8882

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb953b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 149, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.116 85.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b375',
    500: '#bb953b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb953b;
$custom-light: #d3b375;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb953b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.188,
    "s": 52.033,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6884,
    "c": 0.11584,
    "h": 85.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB953B

secondary

#8A9CC8

accent

#77DB4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB953B

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

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