#BB973C#BB973C

#BB973C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.116 H 87.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB973C
RGB	rgb(187, 151, 60)
HSL	hsl(43, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(43, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.3%, 67.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.18, 3.58, 51.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.18, 51.43, 86.00°)
OKLab	oklab(69.26% 0.0059 0.1159)
OKLCH	oklch(69.26% 0.116 87.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.3775, 33.0263, 8.9435)
Luminance	0.3302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB973C #3C60BB

analogous

#BB573C #BB973C #9FBB3C

triadic

#BB973C #3CBB97 #973CBB

tetradic

#BB973C #3CBB57 #3C60BB #BB3C9F

square

#BB973C #3CBB57 #3C60BB #BB3C9F

split-complementary

#BB973C #3C9FBB #573CBB

monochromatic

#5E4C1E #8D722D #BB973C #CEB166 #DDC895

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#BB973C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.60

#BB973C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB973C

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB973C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB973C	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)

#A89631

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A040

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8A84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb973c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 151, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.116 87.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b576',
    500: '#bb973c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb973c;
$custom-light: #d3b576;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb973c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.992,
    "s": 51.417,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69259,
    "c": 0.11607,
    "h": 87.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB973C

secondary

#8B9CC8

accent

#75DB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB973C

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

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