#BB973E#BB973E

#BB973E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.115 H 86.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB973E
RGB	rgb(187, 151, 62)
HSL	hsl(43, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(43, 67%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.3%, 66.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.20, 3.70, 50.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.20, 50.56, 85.80°)
OKLab	oklab(69.28% 0.0065 0.1144)
OKLCH	oklch(69.28% 0.115 86.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.4314, 33.0478, 9.2272)
Luminance	0.3305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB973E #3E62BB

analogous

#BB593E #BB973E #A1BB3E

triadic

#BB973E #3EBB97 #973EBB

tetradic

#BB973E #3EBB59 #3E62BB #BB3EA1

square

#BB973E #3EBB59 #3E62BB #BB3EA1

split-complementary

#BB973E #3EA1BB #593EBB

monochromatic

#5F4D20 #8D722F #BB973E #CDB069 #DCC897

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#BB973E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.61

#BB973E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB973E

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB973E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB973E	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)

#A89634

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A042

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8B84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb973e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 151, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.115 86.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b577',
    500: '#bb973e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb973e;
$custom-light: #d3b577;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb973e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.72,
    "s": 50.201,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69278,
    "c": 0.11457,
    "h": 86.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB973E

secondary

#8D9EC8

accent

#76DA4E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB973E

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

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