#BB9A39#BB9A39

#BB9A39 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.120 H 89.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9A39
RGB	rgb(187, 154, 57)
HSL	hsl(45, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(45, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 69.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.94, 1.79, 53.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.94, 53.44, 88.08°)
OKLab	oklab(69.85% 0.0003 0.1199)
OKLCH	oklch(69.85% 0.12 89.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.7894, 33.9734, 8.7006)
Luminance	0.3397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9A39 #395ABB

analogous

#BB5939 #BB9A39 #9BBB39

triadic

#BB9A39 #39BB9A #9A39BB

tetradic

#BB9A39 #39BB59 #395ABB #BB399B

square

#BB9A39 #39BB59 #395ABB #BB399B

split-complementary

#BB9A39 #399BBB #5939BB

monochromatic

#5D4D1C #8C732B #BB9A39 #CFB362 #DDCA91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#BB9A39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#BB9A39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9A39

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9A39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9A39	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)

#AB982C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A13E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8D86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9a39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 154, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.120 89.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b775',
    500: '#bb9a39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9a39;
$custom-light: #d3b775;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9a39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.769,
    "s": 53.279,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69849,
    "c": 0.11986,
    "h": 89.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9A39

secondary

#8798C8

accent

#70DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9A39

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

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