#BB9947#BB9947

#BB9947 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.108 H 86.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9947
RGB	rgb(187, 153, 71)
HSL	hsl(42, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(42, 62%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 62%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.81, 3.20, 46.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.81, 47.01, 86.10°)
OKLab	oklab(69.78% 0.0062 0.1082)
OKLCH	oklch(69.78% 0.108 86.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.0237, 33.8041, 10.7455)
Luminance	0.3380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9947 #4769BB

analogous

#BB5F47 #BB9947 #A3BB47

triadic

#BB9947 #47BB99 #9947BB

tetradic

#BB9947 #47BB5F #4769BB #BB47A3

square

#BB9947 #47BB5F #4769BB #BB47A3

split-complementary

#BB9947 #47A3BB #5F47BB

monochromatic

#635125 #907535 #BB9947 #CCB274 #DCCBA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#BB9947 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.76

#BB9947 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9947

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9947	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9947	1.00	2.71	7.76	7.76
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9983F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A14A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8D87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9947;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 153, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.108 86.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b67d',
    500: '#bb9947',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9947;
$custom-light: #d3b67d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9947",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.414,
    "s": 46.032,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69784,
    "c": 0.10838,
    "h": 86.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9947

secondary

#95A4C9

accent

#79D652

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9947

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

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