#BB994A#BB994A

#BB994A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.106 H 86.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB994A
RGB	rgb(187, 153, 74)
HSL	hsl(42, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(42, 60%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 60.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.84, 3.41, 45.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.84, 45.61, 85.71°)
OKLab	oklab(69.82% 0.0072 0.1056)
OKLCH	oklch(69.82% 0.106 86.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.1224, 33.8436, 11.2651)
Luminance	0.3384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB994A #4A6CBB

analogous

#BB604A #BB994A #A4BB4A

triadic

#BB994A #4ABB99 #994ABB

tetradic

#BB994A #4ABB60 #4A6CBB #BB4AA4

square

#BB994A #4ABB60 #4A6CBB #BB4AA4

split-complementary

#BB994A #4AA4BB #604ABB

monochromatic

#655226 #917637 #BB994A #CCB276 #DCCBA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#BB994A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#BB994A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB994A

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB994A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB994A	1.00	2.70	7.77	7.77
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99842

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A14D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98D87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb994a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 153, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.106 86.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b67f',
    500: '#bb994a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb994a;
$custom-light: #d2b67f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb994a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.947,
    "s": 45.382,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69819,
    "c": 0.1058,
    "h": 86.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB994A

secondary

#97A6C9

accent

#7AD553

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB994A

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

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