#BB9B3C#BB9B3C

#BB9B3C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.118 H 90.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9B3C
RGB	rgb(187, 155, 60)
HSL	hsl(45, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(45, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 67.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.23, 1.41, 52.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.23, 52.43, 88.45°)
OKLab	oklab(70.08% -0.0004 0.1183)
OKLCH	oklch(70.08% 0.118 90.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.0322, 34.3357, 9.1617)
Luminance	0.3433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9B3C #3C5CBB

analogous

#BB5B3C #BB9B3C #9BBB3C

triadic

#BB9B3C #3CBB9B #9B3CBB

tetradic

#BB9B3C #3CBB5B #3C5CBB #BB3C9B

square

#BB9B3C #3CBB5B #3C5CBB #BB3C9B

split-complementary

#BB9B3C #3C9BBB #5B3CBB

monochromatic

#5E4E1E #8D752D #BB9B3C #CEB466 #DDCB95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#BB9B3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#BB9B3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9B3C

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9B3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9B3C	1.00	2.67	7.87	7.87
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9930

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A240

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8F87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9b3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 155, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.118 90.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b876',
    500: '#bb9b3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9b3c;
$custom-light: #d3b876;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9b3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.882,
    "s": 51.417,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70083,
    "c": 0.11826,
    "h": 90.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9B3C

secondary

#8B9AC8

accent

#71DB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9B3C

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

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