#BB9944#BB9944

#BB9944 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.111 H 87.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9944
RGB	rgb(187, 153, 68)
HSL	hsl(43, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(43, 64%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 63.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.78, 3.00, 48.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.78, 48.38, 86.45°)
OKLab	oklab(69.75% 0.0052 0.1108)
OKLCH	oklch(69.75% 0.111 87.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.9298, 33.7666, 10.2509)
Luminance	0.3377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9944 #4466BB

analogous

#BB5D44 #BB9944 #A2BB44

triadic

#BB9944 #44BB99 #9944BB

tetradic

#BB9944 #44BB5D #4466BB #BB44A2

square

#BB9944 #44BB5D #4466BB #BB44A2

split-complementary

#BB9944 #44A2BB #5D44BB

monochromatic

#615023 #8E7434 #BB9944 #CBB171 #DCCA9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#BB9944 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#BB9944 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9944

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9944	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9944	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)

#A9983B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A147

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8D86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9944;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 153, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.111 87.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b67b',
    500: '#bb9944',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9944;
$custom-light: #d3b67b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9944",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.857,
    "s": 46.667,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69751,
    "c": 0.11087,
    "h": 87.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9944

secondary

#93A2C8

accent

#77D651

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9944

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

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