#BB983C#BB983C

#BB983C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.117 H 87.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB983C
RGB	rgb(187, 152, 60)
HSL	hsl(43, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(43, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.7%, 67.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.44, 3.04, 51.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.44, 51.67, 86.63°)
OKLab	oklab(69.46% 0.0043 0.1165)
OKLCH	oklch(69.46% 0.117 87.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.5391, 33.3495, 8.9973)
Luminance	0.3335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB983C #3C5FBB

analogous

#BB593C #BB983C #9EBB3C

triadic

#BB983C #3CBB98 #983CBB

tetradic

#BB983C #3CBB59 #3C5FBB #BB3C9E

square

#BB983C #3CBB59 #3C5FBB #BB3C9E

split-complementary

#BB983C #3C9EBB #593CBB

monochromatic

#5E4D1E #8D722D #BB983C #CEB166 #DDC995

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#BB983C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.67

#BB983C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB983C

7.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB983C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB983C	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)

#A99731

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A040

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8B85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb983c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 152, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.117 87.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b676',
    500: '#bb983c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb983c;
$custom-light: #d3b676;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb983c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.465,
    "s": 51.417,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69464,
    "c": 0.11659,
    "h": 87.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB983C

secondary

#8B9CC8

accent

#74DB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB983C

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

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