#BB9951#BB9951

#BB9951 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.100 H 84.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9951
RGB	rgb(187, 153, 81)
HSL	hsl(41, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(41, 57%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 56.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.92, 3.95, 42.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.92, 42.30, 84.64°)
OKLab	oklab(69.91% 0.0097 0.0991)
OKLCH	oklch(69.91% 0.1 84.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.3715, 33.9432, 12.5769)
Luminance	0.3394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9951 #5173BB

analogous

#BB6451 #BB9951 #A8BB51

triadic

#BB9951 #51BB99 #9951BB

tetradic

#BB9951 #51BB64 #5173BB #BB51A8

square

#BB9951 #51BB64 #5173BB #BB51A8

split-complementary

#BB9951 #51A8BB #6451BB

monochromatic

#695429 #95783A #BB9951 #CCB37D #DDCDA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#BB9951 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#BB9951 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9951

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9951	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9951	1.00	2.70	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8984A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A153

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98E88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9951;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 153, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.100 84.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b684',
    500: '#bb9951',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9951;
$custom-light: #d2b684;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9951",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.755,
    "s": 43.802,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69907,
    "c": 0.09953,
    "h": 84.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33941
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9951

secondary

#9DACCB

accent

#7DD454

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9951

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

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