#BB9831#BB9831

#BB9831 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.124 H 89.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9831
RGB	rgb(187, 152, 49)
HSL	hsl(45, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(45, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.7%, 73.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.36, 2.47, 56.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.36, 56.18, 87.48°)
OKLab	oklab(69.37% 0.0013 0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(69.37% 0.124 89.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.2780, 33.2451, 7.6220)
Luminance	0.3324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9831 #3154BB

analogous

#BB5331 #BB9831 #99BB31

triadic

#BB9831 #31BB98 #9831BB

tetradic

#BB9831 #31BB53 #3154BB #BB3199

square

#BB9831 #31BB53 #3154BB #BB3199

split-complementary

#BB9831 #3199BB #5331BB

monochromatic

#5A4918 #8B7124 #BB9831 #D3B356 #E0C987

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#BB9831 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.65

#BB9831 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9831

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9831	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9831	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)

#AA9621

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A036

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8B83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9831;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 152, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.124 89.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b670',
    500: '#bb9831',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9831;
$custom-light: #d4b670;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9831",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.783,
    "s": 58.475,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69371,
    "c": 0.12412,
    "h": 89.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9831

secondary

#7F92C9

accent

#6EE246

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9831

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

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