#BB993E#BB993E

#BB993E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.116 H 88.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB993E
RGB	rgb(187, 153, 62)
HSL	hsl(44, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(44, 67%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 66.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.72, 2.62, 50.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.72, 51.05, 87.06°)
OKLab	oklab(69.69% 0.0033 0.1156)
OKLCH	oklch(69.69% 0.116 88.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.7560, 33.6970, 9.3354)
Luminance	0.3370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB993E #3E60BB

analogous

#BB5B3E #BB993E #9FBB3E

triadic

#BB993E #3EBB99 #993EBB

tetradic

#BB993E #3EBB5B #3E60BB #BB3E9F

square

#BB993E #3EBB5B #3E60BB #BB3E9F

split-complementary

#BB993E #3E9FBB #5B3EBB

monochromatic

#5F4E20 #8D732F #BB993E #CDB269 #DCCA97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#BB993E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.74

#BB993E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB993E

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB993E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB993E	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)

#AA9833

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A142

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8D86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb993e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 153, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.116 88.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b678',
    500: '#bb993e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb993e;
$custom-light: #d3b678;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb993e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.68,
    "s": 50.201,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69689,
    "c": 0.11562,
    "h": 88.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB993E

secondary

#8D9DC8

accent

#74DA4E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB993E

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

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