#BB9B3D#BB9B3D

#BB9B3D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.118 H 90.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9B3D
RGB	rgb(187, 155, 61)
HSL	hsl(45, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(45, 67%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 67.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.24, 1.47, 51.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.24, 52.00, 88.38°)
OKLab	oklab(70.09% -0.0001 0.1175)
OKLCH	oklch(70.09% 0.118 90)
XYZ	xyz(33.0589, 34.3463, 9.3022)
Luminance	0.3434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9B3D #3D5DBB

analogous

#BB5C3D #BB9B3D #9CBB3D

triadic

#BB9B3D #3DBB9B #9B3DBB

tetradic

#BB9B3D #3DBB5C #3D5DBB #BB3D9C

square

#BB9B3D #3DBB5C #3D5DBB #BB3D9C

split-complementary

#BB9B3D #3D9CBB #5C3DBB

monochromatic

#5F4E1F #8D752E #BB9B3D #CEB468 #DDCB96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#BB9B3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#BB9B3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9B3D

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9B3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9B3D	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)

#AC9932

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A241

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8F87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9b3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 155, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.118 90.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b877',
    500: '#bb9b3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9b3d;
$custom-light: #d3b877;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9b3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.762,
    "s": 50.806,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70092,
    "c": 0.11751,
    "h": 90
  },
  "luminance": 0.34344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9B3D

secondary

#8C9BC8

accent

#71DA4E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9B3D

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

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