#BB993D#BB993D

#BB993D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.116 H 88.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB993D
RGB	rgb(187, 153, 61)
HSL	hsl(44, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(44, 67%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 67.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.71, 2.56, 51.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.71, 51.49, 87.15°)
OKLab	oklab(69.68% 0.003 0.1163)
OKLCH	oklch(69.68% 0.116 88.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.7288, 33.6862, 9.1922)
Luminance	0.3368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB993D #3D5FBB

analogous

#BB5A3D #BB993D #9EBB3D

triadic

#BB993D #3DBB99 #993DBB

tetradic

#BB993D #3DBB5A #3D5FBB #BB3D9E

square

#BB993D #3DBB5A #3D5FBB #BB3D9E

split-complementary

#BB993D #3D9EBB #5A3DBB

monochromatic

#5F4D1F #8D732E #BB993D #CEB268 #DDCA96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#BB993D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.74

#BB993D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB993D

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB993D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB993D	1.00	2.71	7.74	7.74
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9832

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A141

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8D86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb993d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 153, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.116 88.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b677',
    500: '#bb993d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb993d;
$custom-light: #d3b677;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb993d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.81,
    "s": 50.806,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69679,
    "c": 0.11638,
    "h": 88.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB993D

secondary

#8C9CC8

accent

#73DA4E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB993D

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

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