#BB993C#BB993C

#BB993C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.117 H 88.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB993C
RGB	rgb(187, 153, 60)
HSL	hsl(44, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(44, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 67.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.70, 2.50, 51.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.70, 51.92, 87.24°)
OKLab	oklab(69.67% 0.0027 0.1171)
OKLCH	oklch(69.67% 0.117 88.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.7021, 33.6755, 9.0517)
Luminance	0.3367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB993C #3C5EBB

analogous

#BB593C #BB993C #9DBB3C

triadic

#BB993C #3CBB99 #993CBB

tetradic

#BB993C #3CBB59 #3C5EBB #BB3C9D

square

#BB993C #3CBB59 #3C5EBB #BB3C9D

split-complementary

#BB993C #3C9DBB #593CBB

monochromatic

#5E4D1E #8D732D #BB993C #CEB266 #DDC995

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#BB993C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.73

#BB993C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB993C

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB993C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB993C	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)

#AA9831

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A140

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8C85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb993c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 153, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.117 88.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b676',
    500: '#bb993c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb993c;
$custom-light: #d3b676;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb993c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.937,
    "s": 51.417,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6967,
    "c": 0.11712,
    "h": 88.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB993C

secondary

#8B9BC8

accent

#73DB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB993C

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

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