#BB9B46#BB9B46

#BB9B46 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.110 H 88.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9B46
RGB	rgb(187, 155, 70)
HSL	hsl(44, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(44, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 62.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.32, 2.05, 47.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.32, 47.99, 87.56°)
OKLab	oklab(70.18% 0.0027 0.1103)
OKLCH	oklch(70.18% 0.11 88.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.3220, 34.4516, 10.6879)
Luminance	0.3445 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9B46 #4666BB

analogous

#BB6146 #BB9B46 #A0BB46

triadic

#BB9B46 #46BB9B #9B46BB

tetradic

#BB9B46 #46BB61 #4666BB #BB46A0

square

#BB9B46 #46BB61 #4666BB #BB46A0

split-complementary

#BB9B46 #46A0BB #6146BB

monochromatic

#625124 #8F7635 #BB9B46 #CBB373 #DCCBA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#BB9B46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#BB9B46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9B46

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9B46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9B46	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)

#AB993D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A249

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8F88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9b46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 155, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.110 88.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b87d',
    500: '#bb9b46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9b46;
$custom-light: #d3b87d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9b46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.59,
    "s": 46.245,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70184,
    "c": 0.11034,
    "h": 88.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9B46

secondary

#94A3C8

accent

#76D652

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9B46

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

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