#BB993B#BB993B

#BB993B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.118 H 88.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB993B
RGB	rgb(187, 153, 59)
HSL	hsl(44, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(44, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 68.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.70, 2.44, 52.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.70, 52.35, 87.33°)
OKLab	oklab(69.66% 0.0025 0.1178)
OKLCH	oklch(69.66% 0.118 88.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.6759, 33.6650, 8.9137)
Luminance	0.3366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB993B #3B5DBB

analogous

#BB593B #BB993B #9DBB3B

triadic

#BB993B #3BBB99 #993BBB

tetradic

#BB993B #3BBB59 #3B5DBB #BB3B9D

square

#BB993B #3BBB59 #3B5DBB #BB3B9D

split-complementary

#BB993B #3B9DBB #593BBB

monochromatic

#5E4D1E #8C732C #BB993B #CEB265 #DDC993

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#BB993B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.73

#BB993B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB993B

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB993B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB993B	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)

#AA972F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A13F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8C85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb993b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 153, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.118 88.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b676',
    500: '#bb993b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb993b;
$custom-light: #d3b676;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb993b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.063,
    "s": 52.033,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69661,
    "c": 0.11786,
    "h": 88.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB993B

secondary

#8A9AC8

accent

#72DB4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB993B

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

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