#BB9943#BB9943

#BB9943 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.112 H 87.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9943
RGB	rgb(187, 153, 67)
HSL	hsl(43, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(43, 64%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 64.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.77, 2.93, 48.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.77, 48.83, 86.56°)
OKLab	oklab(69.74% 0.0049 0.1116)
OKLCH	oklch(69.74% 0.112 87.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.8996, 33.7545, 10.0915)
Luminance	0.3375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9943 #4365BB

analogous

#BB5D43 #BB9943 #A1BB43

triadic

#BB9943 #43BB99 #9943BB

tetradic

#BB9943 #43BB5D #4365BB #BB43A1

square

#BB9943 #43BB5D #4365BB #BB43A1

split-complementary

#BB9943 #43A1BB #5D43BB

monochromatic

#614F23 #8E7433 #BB9943 #CCB270 #DCCA9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#BB9943 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#BB9943 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9943

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9943	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9943	1.00	2.71	7.75	7.75
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA983A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A147

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8D86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9943;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 153, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.112 87.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b67b',
    500: '#bb9943',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9943;
$custom-light: #d3b67b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9943",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43,
    "s": 47.244,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6974,
    "c": 0.11169,
    "h": 87.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9943

secondary

#92A1C8

accent

#77D751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9943

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

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