#BB9751#BB9751

#BB9751 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.099 H 82.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9751
RGB	rgb(187, 151, 81)
HSL	hsl(40, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(40, 57%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.3%, 56.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.40, 5.04, 41.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.40, 41.80, 83.07°)
OKLab	oklab(69.5% 0.0128 0.0977)
OKLCH	oklch(69.5% 0.099 82.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.0469, 33.2940, 12.4687)
Luminance	0.3329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9751 #5175BB

analogous

#BB6251 #BB9751 #AABB51

triadic

#BB9751 #51BB97 #9751BB

tetradic

#BB9751 #51BB62 #5175BB #BB51AA

square

#BB9751 #51BB62 #5175BB #BB51AA

split-complementary

#BB9751 #51AABB #6251BB

monochromatic

#695329 #95763A #BB9751 #CCB17D #DDCCA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#BB9751 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.66

#BB9751 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9751

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9751	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9751	1.00	2.74	7.66	7.66
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7974B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA053

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98C87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9751;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 151, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.099 82.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b584',
    500: '#bb9751',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9751;
$custom-light: #d2b584;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9751",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.623,
    "s": 43.802,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69498,
    "c": 0.09856,
    "h": 82.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9751

secondary

#9DADCB

accent

#7FD454

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9751

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

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