#BB9830#BB9830

#BB9830 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.125 H 89.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9830
RGB	rgb(187, 152, 48)
HSL	hsl(45, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(45, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.7%, 74.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.35, 2.42, 56.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.35, 56.56, 87.55°)
OKLab	oklab(69.36% 0.0011 0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(69.36% 0.125 89.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.2571, 33.2367, 7.5121)
Luminance	0.3323 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9830 #3053BB

analogous

#BB5230 #BB9830 #98BB30

triadic

#BB9830 #30BB98 #9830BB

tetradic

#BB9830 #30BB52 #3053BB #BB3098

square

#BB9830 #30BB52 #3053BB #BB3098

split-complementary

#BB9830 #3098BB #5230BB

monochromatic

#5A4917 #8A7023 #BB9830 #D3B355 #E0C986

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#BB9830 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.65

#BB9830 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9830

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9830	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9830	1.00	2.75	7.65	7.65
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA961F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A036

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8B83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9830;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 152, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.125 89.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b66f',
    500: '#bb9830',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9830;
$custom-light: #d4b66f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9830",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.892,
    "s": 59.149,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69364,
    "c": 0.12473,
    "h": 89.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9830

secondary

#7D91C9

accent

#6DE245

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9830

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

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