#BB9A49#BB9A49

#BB9A49 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.107 H 87.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9A49
RGB	rgb(187, 154, 73)
HSL	hsl(43, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(43, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 61%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.09, 2.80, 46.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.09, 46.34, 86.54°)
OKLab	oklab(70.01% 0.0053 0.1071)
OKLCH	oklch(70.01% 0.107 87.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.2533, 34.1589, 11.1439)
Luminance	0.3416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9A49 #496ABB

analogous

#BB6149 #BB9A49 #A3BB49

triadic

#BB9A49 #49BB9A #9A49BB

tetradic

#BB9A49 #49BB61 #496ABB #BB49A3

square

#BB9A49 #49BB61 #496ABB #BB49A3

split-complementary

#BB9A49 #49A3BB #6149BB

monochromatic

#645225 #917636 #BB9A49 #CCB376 #DCCBA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#BB9A49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.83

#BB9A49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9A49

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9A49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9A49	1.00	2.68	7.83	7.83
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9941

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A24C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98E88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9a49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 154, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.107 87.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b77e',
    500: '#bb9a49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9a49;
$custom-light: #d2b77e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9a49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.632,
    "s": 45.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70012,
    "c": 0.10722,
    "h": 87.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9A49

secondary

#97A5C9

accent

#78D553

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9A49

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

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