#BB9938#BB9938

#BB9938 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.120 H 89.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9938
RGB	rgb(187, 153, 56)
HSL	hsl(44, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(44, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 70.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.67, 2.27, 53.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.67, 53.61, 87.57°)
OKLab	oklab(69.63% 0.0016 0.12)
OKLCH	oklch(69.63% 0.12 89.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.6004, 33.6348, 8.5157)
Luminance	0.3363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9938 #385ABB

analogous

#BB5738 #BB9938 #9CBB38

triadic

#BB9938 #38BB99 #9938BB

tetradic

#BB9938 #38BB57 #385ABB #BB389C

square

#BB9938 #38BB57 #385ABB #BB389C

split-complementary

#BB9938 #389CBB #5738BB

monochromatic

#5D4C1C #8C722A #BB9938 #D0B361 #DEC990

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#BB9938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.73

#BB9938 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9938

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9938	1.00	2.72	7.73	7.73
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA972B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A13D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8C85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 153, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.120 89.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b674',
    500: '#bb9938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9938;
$custom-light: #d3b674;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.427,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69634,
    "c": 0.12001,
    "h": 89.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9938

secondary

#8698C8

accent

#71DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9938

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

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