#BB9B3E#BB9B3E

#BB9B3E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.117 H 89.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9B3E
RGB	rgb(187, 155, 62)
HSL	hsl(45, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(45, 67%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 66.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.25, 1.53, 51.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.25, 51.57, 88.30°)
OKLab	oklab(70.1% 0.0002 0.1168)
OKLCH	oklch(70.1% 0.117 89.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.0861, 34.3572, 9.4454)
Luminance	0.3436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9B3E #3E5EBB

analogous

#BB5D3E #BB9B3E #9DBB3E

triadic

#BB9B3E #3EBB9B #9B3EBB

tetradic

#BB9B3E #3EBB5D #3E5EBB #BB3E9D

square

#BB9B3E #3EBB5D #3E5EBB #BB3E9D

split-complementary

#BB9B3E #3E9DBB #5D3EBB

monochromatic

#5F4F20 #8D752F #BB9B3E #CDB469 #DCCB97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#BB9B3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#BB9B3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9B3E

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9B3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9B3E	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)

#AC9933

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A242

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8F87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9b3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 155, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.117 89.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b878',
    500: '#bb9b3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9b3e;
$custom-light: #d3b878;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9b3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.64,
    "s": 50.201,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70102,
    "c": 0.11675,
    "h": 89.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9B3E

secondary

#8D9CC8

accent

#72DA4E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9B3E

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

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