#BB972F#BB972F

#BB972F is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.125 H 88.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB972F
RGB	rgb(187, 151, 47)
HSL	hsl(45, 60%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(45, 75%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.3%, 74.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.08, 2.92, 56.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.08, 56.71, 87.05°)
OKLab	oklab(69.15% 0.0024 0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(69.15% 0.125 88.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.0751, 32.9053, 7.3507)
Luminance	0.3290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB972F #2F53BB

analogous

#BB512F #BB972F #99BB2F

triadic

#BB972F #2FBB97 #972FBB

tetradic

#BB972F #2FBB51 #2F53BB #BB2F99

square

#BB972F #2FBB51 #2F53BB #BB2F99

split-complementary

#BB972F #2F99BB #512FBB

monochromatic

#594816 #8A7023 #BB972F #D4B353 #E0C984

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#BB972F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.58

#BB972F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB972F

7.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB972F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB972F	1.00	2.77	7.58	7.58
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9961E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8A82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb972f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 151, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.125 88.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b56f',
    500: '#bb972f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb972f;
$custom-light: #d4b56f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb972f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.571,
    "s": 59.829,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6915,
    "c": 0.12482,
    "h": 88.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32903
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB972F

secondary

#7C90C9

accent

#6DE345

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB972F

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

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