#BB9651#BB9651

#BB9651 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.098 H 81.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9651
RGB	rgb(187, 150, 81)
HSL	hsl(39, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(39, 57%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.8%, 56.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.14, 5.59, 41.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.14, 41.57, 82.27°)
OKLab	oklab(69.3% 0.0144 0.097)
OKLCH	oklch(69.3% 0.098 81.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.8866, 32.9735, 12.4153)
Luminance	0.3297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9651 #5176BB

analogous

#BB6151 #BB9651 #ABBB51

triadic

#BB9651 #51BB96 #9651BB

tetradic

#BB9651 #51BB61 #5176BB #BB51AB

square

#BB9651 #51BB61 #5176BB #BB51AB

split-complementary

#BB9651 #51ABBB #6151BB

monochromatic

#695229 #95753A #BB9651 #CCB17D #DDCBA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#BB9651 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.59

#BB9651 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9651

7.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9651	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9651	1.00	2.77	7.59	7.59
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6964B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9F53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98B86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9651;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 150, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.098 81.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b484',
    500: '#bb9651',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9651;
$custom-light: #d2b484;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9651",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.057,
    "s": 43.802,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69295,
    "c": 0.09811,
    "h": 81.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9651

secondary

#9DADCB

accent

#81D454

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9651

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

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