#BB9A4E#BB9A4E

#BB9A4E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.103 H 86.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9A4E
RGB	rgb(187, 154, 78)
HSL	hsl(42, 44%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(42, 58%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 58.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.14, 3.17, 43.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.14, 43.99, 85.86°)
OKLab	oklab(70.07% 0.007 0.1026)
OKLCH	oklch(70.07% 0.103 86.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.4258, 34.2279, 12.0523)
Luminance	0.3423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9A4E #4E6FBB

analogous

#BB644E #BB9A4E #A6BB4E

triadic

#BB9A4E #4EBB9A #9A4EBB

tetradic

#BB9A4E #4EBB64 #4E6FBB #BB4EA6

square

#BB9A4E #4EBB64 #4E6FBB #BB4EA6

split-complementary

#BB9A4E #4EA6BB #644EBB

monochromatic

#675428 #937839 #BB9A4E #CCB37A #DDCCA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#BB9A4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#BB9A4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9A4E

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9A4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9A4E	1.00	2.68	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9947

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A251

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98F89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9a4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 154, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.103 86.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b782',
    500: '#bb9a4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9a4e;
$custom-light: #d2b782;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9a4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.835,
    "s": 44.49,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70073,
    "c": 0.1028,
    "h": 86.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9A4E

secondary

#9BA9CA

accent

#7BD454

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9A4E

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

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