#BB973D#BB973D

#BB973D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.115 H 86.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB973D
RGB	rgb(187, 151, 61)
HSL	hsl(43, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(43, 67%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.3%, 67.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.19, 3.64, 50.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.19, 51.00, 85.90°)
OKLab	oklab(69.27% 0.0062 0.1152)
OKLCH	oklch(69.27% 0.115 86.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.4042, 33.0370, 9.0840)
Luminance	0.3303 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB973D #3D61BB

analogous

#BB583D #BB973D #A0BB3D

triadic

#BB973D #3DBB97 #973DBB

tetradic

#BB973D #3DBB58 #3D61BB #BB3DA0

square

#BB973D #3DBB58 #3D61BB #BB3DA0

split-complementary

#BB973D #3DA0BB #583DBB

monochromatic

#5F4C1F #8D722E #BB973D #CEB068 #DDC896

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#BB973D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.61

#BB973D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB973D

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB973D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB973D	1.00	2.76	7.61	7.61
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89632

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A041

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8A84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb973d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 151, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.115 86.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b577',
    500: '#bb973d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb973d;
$custom-light: #d3b577;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb973d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.857,
    "s": 50.806,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69269,
    "c": 0.11533,
    "h": 86.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB973D

secondary

#8C9DC8

accent

#76DA4E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB973D

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

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