#BB9B45#BB9B45

#BB9B45 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.111 H 88.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9B45
RGB	rgb(187, 155, 69)
HSL	hsl(44, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(44, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 63.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.31, 1.98, 48.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.31, 48.45, 87.66°)
OKLab	oklab(70.17% 0.0024 0.1112)
OKLCH	oklch(70.17% 0.111 88.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.2907, 34.4391, 10.5230)
Luminance	0.3444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9B45 #4565BB

analogous

#BB6045 #BB9B45 #A0BB45

triadic

#BB9B45 #45BB9B #9B45BB

tetradic

#BB9B45 #45BB60 #4565BB #BB45A0

square

#BB9B45 #45BB60 #4565BB #BB45A0

split-complementary

#BB9B45 #45A0BB #6045BB

monochromatic

#625124 #8F7634 #BB9B45 #CBB372 #DCCB9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#BB9B45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#BB9B45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9B45

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9B45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9B45	1.00	2.66	7.89	7.89
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB993C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A249

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8F88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9b45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 155, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.111 88.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b87c',
    500: '#bb9b45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9b45;
$custom-light: #d3b87c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9b45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.729,
    "s": 46.457,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70173,
    "c": 0.11118,
    "h": 88.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9B45

secondary

#94A2C8

accent

#76D652

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9B45

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

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