#BB9A38#BB9A38

#BB9A38 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.121 H 90.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9A38
RGB	rgb(187, 154, 56)
HSL	hsl(45, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(45, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 70.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.93, 1.73, 53.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.93, 53.86, 88.16°)
OKLab	oklab(69.84% 0 0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(69.84% 0.121 90)
XYZ	xyz(32.7647, 33.9635, 8.5705)
Luminance	0.3396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9A38 #3859BB

analogous

#BB5838 #BB9A38 #9BBB38

triadic

#BB9A38 #38BB9A #9A38BB

tetradic

#BB9A38 #38BB58 #3859BB #BB389B

square

#BB9A38 #38BB58 #3859BB #BB389B

split-complementary

#BB9A38 #389BBB #5838BB

monochromatic

#5D4C1C #8C732A #BB9A38 #D0B461 #DECA90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#BB9A38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#BB9A38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9A38

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9A38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9A38	1.00	2.69	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.69	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)

#AB982B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A13D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8D86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9a38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 154, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.121 90.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b774',
    500: '#bb9a38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9a38;
$custom-light: #d3b774;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9a38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.885,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6984,
    "c": 0.12057,
    "h": 90
  },
  "luminance": 0.33962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9A38

secondary

#8697C8

accent

#6FDD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9A38

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

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