#BB9937#BB9937

#BB9937 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.121 H 89.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9937
RGB	rgb(187, 153, 55)
HSL	hsl(45, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(45, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 70.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.66, 2.22, 53.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.66, 54.02, 87.64°)
OKLab	oklab(69.63% 0.0013 0.1207)
OKLCH	oklch(69.63% 0.121 89.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.5761, 33.6251, 8.3882)
Luminance	0.3362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9937 #3759BB

analogous

#BB5737 #BB9937 #9BBB37

triadic

#BB9937 #37BB99 #9937BB

tetradic

#BB9937 #37BB57 #3759BB #BB379B

square

#BB9937 #37BB57 #3759BB #BB379B

split-complementary

#BB9937 #379BBB #5737BB

monochromatic

#5C4C1B #8C7229 #BB9937 #D0B35F #DEC98E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#BB9937 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.72

#BB9937 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9937

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9937	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9937	1.00	2.72	7.72	7.72
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA972A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A13C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8C85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 153, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.121 89.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b673',
    500: '#bb9937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9937;
$custom-light: #d3b673;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.545,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69625,
    "c": 0.12071,
    "h": 89.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9937

secondary

#8597C9

accent

#70DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9937

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

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