#BB9948#BB9948

#BB9948 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.108 H 86.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9948
RGB	rgb(187, 153, 72)
HSL	hsl(42, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(42, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 61.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.82, 3.27, 46.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.82, 46.54, 85.97°)
OKLab	oklab(69.8% 0.0065 0.1073)
OKLCH	oklch(69.8% 0.108 86.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.0561, 33.8171, 10.9159)
Luminance	0.3382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9948 #486ABB

analogous

#BB5F48 #BB9948 #A3BB48

triadic

#BB9948 #48BB99 #9948BB

tetradic

#BB9948 #48BB5F #486ABB #BB48A3

square

#BB9948 #48BB5F #486ABB #BB48A3

split-complementary

#BB9948 #48A3BB #5F48BB

monochromatic

#645125 #907536 #BB9948 #CCB275 #DCCBA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#BB9948 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.76

#BB9948 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9948

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9948	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9948	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)

#A99840

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A14B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8D87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9948;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 153, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.108 86.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b67e',
    500: '#bb9948',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9948;
$custom-light: #d2b67e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9948",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.261,
    "s": 45.817,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69795,
    "c": 0.10753,
    "h": 86.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9948

secondary

#96A5C9

accent

#79D552

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9948

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

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