#BB9733#BB9733

#BB9733 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.122 H 88.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9733
RGB	rgb(187, 151, 51)
HSL	hsl(44, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(44, 73%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.3%, 72.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.11, 3.10, 55.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.11, 55.16, 86.77°)
OKLab	oklab(69.18% 0.0034 0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(69.18% 0.122 88.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.1595, 32.9391, 7.7953)
Luminance	0.3294 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9733 #3357BB

analogous

#BB5333 #BB9733 #9BBB33

triadic

#BB9733 #33BB97 #9733BB

tetradic

#BB9733 #33BB53 #3357BB #BB339B

square

#BB9733 #33BB53 #3357BB #BB339B

split-complementary

#BB9733 #339BBB #5333BB

monochromatic

#5B4919 #8B7026 #BB9733 #D2B259 #DFC889

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#BB9733 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.59

#BB9733 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9733

7.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9733	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9733	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)

#A99624

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8A83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9733;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 151, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.122 88.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b571',
    500: '#bb9733',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9733;
$custom-light: #d3b571;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9733",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.118,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69181,
    "c": 0.12233,
    "h": 88.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9733

secondary

#8194C9

accent

#70E047

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9733

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

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