#BB973B#BB973B

#BB973B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.117 H 87.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB973B
RGB	rgb(187, 151, 59)
HSL	hsl(43, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(43, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.3%, 68.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.17, 3.53, 51.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.17, 51.86, 86.10°)
OKLab	oklab(69.25% 0.0056 0.1167)
OKLCH	oklch(69.25% 0.117 87.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.3513, 33.0158, 8.8055)
Luminance	0.3301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB973B #3B5FBB

analogous

#BB573B #BB973B #9FBB3B

triadic

#BB973B #3BBB97 #973BBB

tetradic

#BB973B #3BBB57 #3B5FBB #BB3B9F

square

#BB973B #3BBB57 #3B5FBB #BB3B9F

split-complementary

#BB973B #3B9FBB #573BBB

monochromatic

#5E4C1E #8C712C #BB973B #CEB165 #DDC893

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#BB973B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.60

#BB973B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB973B

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB973B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB973B	1.00	2.76	7.60	7.60
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89630

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A03F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8A84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb973b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 151, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.117 87.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b576',
    500: '#bb973b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb973b;
$custom-light: #d3b576;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb973b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.125,
    "s": 52.033,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6925,
    "c": 0.1168,
    "h": 87.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB973B

secondary

#8A9BC8

accent

#75DB4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB973B

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

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