#BB9833#BB9833

#BB9833 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.123 H 89.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9833
RGB	rgb(187, 152, 51)
HSL	hsl(45, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(45, 73%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.7%, 72.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.37, 2.56, 55.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.37, 55.40, 87.35°)
OKLab	oklab(69.39% 0.0018 0.1228)
OKLCH	oklch(69.39% 0.123 89.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.3211, 33.2623, 7.8492)
Luminance	0.3326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9833 #3356BB

analogous

#BB5433 #BB9833 #9ABB33

triadic

#BB9833 #33BB98 #9833BB

tetradic

#BB9833 #33BB54 #3356BB #BB339A

square

#BB9833 #33BB54 #3356BB #BB339A

split-complementary

#BB9833 #339ABB #5433BB

monochromatic

#5B4A19 #8B7126 #BB9833 #D2B359 #DFC989

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#BB9833 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.65

#BB9833 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9833

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9833	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9833	1.00	2.74	7.65	7.65
#FFFFFF	2.74	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)

#AA9624

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A038

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8B84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9833;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 152, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.123 89.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b671',
    500: '#bb9833',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9833;
$custom-light: #d3b671;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9833",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.559,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69387,
    "c": 0.12284,
    "h": 89.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9833

secondary

#8193C9

accent

#6FE047

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9833

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

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