#BB983E#BB983E

#BB983E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.115 H 87.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB983E
RGB	rgb(187, 152, 62)
HSL	hsl(43, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(43, 67%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.7%, 66.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.46, 3.16, 50.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.46, 50.80, 86.43°)
OKLab	oklab(69.48% 0.0049 0.115)
OKLCH	oklch(69.48% 0.115 87.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.5930, 33.3711, 9.2810)
Luminance	0.3337 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB983E #3E61BB

analogous

#BB5A3E #BB983E #A0BB3E

triadic

#BB983E #3EBB98 #983EBB

tetradic

#BB983E #3EBB5A #3E61BB #BB3EA0

square

#BB983E #3EBB5A #3E61BB #BB3EA0

split-complementary

#BB983E #3EA0BB #5A3EBB

monochromatic

#5F4D20 #8D732F #BB983E #CDB169 #DCC997

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#BB983E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.67

#BB983E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB983E

7.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB983E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB983E	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)

#A99733

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A042

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8C85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb983e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 152, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.115 87.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b677',
    500: '#bb983e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb983e;
$custom-light: #d3b677;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb983e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.2,
    "s": 50.201,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69483,
    "c": 0.11508,
    "h": 87.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB983E

secondary

#8D9DC8

accent

#75DA4E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB983E

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

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