#BB983B#BB983B

#BB983B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.117 H 88.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB983B
RGB	rgb(187, 152, 59)
HSL	hsl(44, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(44, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.7%, 68.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.43, 2.98, 52.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.43, 52.10, 86.72°)
OKLab	oklab(69.46% 0.004 0.1173)
OKLCH	oklch(69.46% 0.117 88)
XYZ	xyz(32.5129, 33.3390, 8.8594)
Luminance	0.3334 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB983B #3B5EBB

analogous

#BB583B #BB983B #9EBB3B

triadic

#BB983B #3BBB98 #983BBB

tetradic

#BB983B #3BBB58 #3B5EBB #BB3B9E

square

#BB983B #3BBB58 #3B5EBB #BB3B9E

split-complementary

#BB983B #3B9EBB #583BBB

monochromatic

#5E4C1E #8C722C #BB983B #CEB265 #DDC993

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#BB983B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.67

#BB983B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB983B

7.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB983B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB983B	1.00	2.74	7.67	7.67
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9972F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A03F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8B85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb983b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 152, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.117 88.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b676',
    500: '#bb983b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb983b;
$custom-light: #d3b676;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb983b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.594,
    "s": 52.033,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69455,
    "c": 0.11732,
    "h": 88
  },
  "luminance": 0.33337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB983B

secondary

#8A9BC8

accent

#73DB4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB983B

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

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