#BB983D#BB983D

#BB983D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.116 H 87.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#BB983D
RGBrgb(187, 152, 61)
HSLhsl(43, 51%, 49%)
HSVhsv(43, 67%, 73%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 18.7%, 67.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LABlab(64.45, 3.10, 51.15)
CIE-LCHlch(64.45, 51.24, 86.53°)
OKLaboklab(69.47% 0.0046 0.1158)
OKLCHoklch(69.47% 0.116 87.7)
XYZxyz(32.5658, 33.3602, 9.1379)
Luminance0.3336 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#BB983D #3D60BB
analogous
#BB593D #BB983D #9FBB3D
triadic
#BB983D #3DBB98 #983DBB
tetradic
#BB983D #3DBB59 #3D60BB #BB3D9F
square
#BB983D #3DBB59 #3D60BB #BB3D9F
split-complementary
#BB983D #3D9FBB #593DBB
monochromatic
#5F4D1F #8D722E #BB983D #CEB168 #DDC996

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74
#BB983D on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.67
#BB983D on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB983D
7.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##BB983D#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##BB983D1.002.747.677.67
#FFFFFF2.741.0021.0021.00
#0000007.6721.001.001.00
##0000007.6721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A99732
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B1A041
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#CA8B85
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #bb983d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 152, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.116 87.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b677',
    500: '#bb983d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #bb983d;
$custom-light: #d3b677;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#bb983d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.333,
    "s": 50.806,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69474,
    "c": 0.11584,
    "h": 87.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#BB983D
secondary
#8C9CC8
accent
#75DA4E
background
#FDFBF7
surface
#FAF6ED
border
#D3D0C8
text
#151109
muted
#83807B

Preview Lab

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#BB983D Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva