#BB9B40#BB9B40

#BB9B40 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.115 H 89.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9B40
RGB	rgb(187, 155, 64)
HSL	hsl(44, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(44, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 65.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.26, 1.65, 50.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.26, 50.69, 88.13°)
OKLab	oklab(70.12% 0.0008 0.1152)
OKLCH	oklch(70.12% 0.115 89.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.1420, 34.3796, 9.7398)
Luminance	0.3438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9B40 #4060BB

analogous

#BB5E40 #BB9B40 #9EBB40

triadic

#BB9B40 #40BB9B #9B40BB

tetradic

#BB9B40 #40BB5E #4060BB #BB409E

square

#BB9B40 #40BB5E #4060BB #BB409E

split-complementary

#BB9B40 #409EBB #5E40BB

monochromatic

#604F21 #8D7530 #BB9B40 #CDB36C #DCCB99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#BB9B40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#BB9B40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9B40

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9B40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9B40	1.00	2.67	7.88	7.88
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9935

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A244

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8F88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9b40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 155, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.115 89.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b879',
    500: '#bb9b40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9b40;
$custom-light: #d3b879;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9b40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.39,
    "s": 49.004,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70121,
    "c": 0.11521,
    "h": 89.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9B40

secondary

#8F9EC8

accent

#73D94F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9B40

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

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