#BB9B47#BB9B47

#BB9B47 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.110 H 88.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9B47
RGB	rgb(187, 155, 71)
HSL	hsl(43, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(43, 62%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 62%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.33, 2.12, 47.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.33, 47.53, 87.45°)
OKLab	oklab(70.19% 0.003 0.1095)
OKLCH	oklch(70.19% 0.11 88.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.3538, 34.4643, 10.8555)
Luminance	0.3446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9B47 #4767BB

analogous

#BB6147 #BB9B47 #A1BB47

triadic

#BB9B47 #47BB9B #9B47BB

tetradic

#BB9B47 #47BB61 #4767BB #BB47A1

square

#BB9B47 #47BB61 #4767BB #BB47A1

split-complementary

#BB9B47 #47A1BB #6147BB

monochromatic

#635225 #907735 #BB9B47 #CCB374 #DCCCA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#BB9B47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#BB9B47 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9B47

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9B47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9B47	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)

#AB9A3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A24A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8F88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9b47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 155, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.110 88.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b87d',
    500: '#bb9b47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9b47;
$custom-light: #d2b87d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9b47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.448,
    "s": 46.032,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70195,
    "c": 0.1095,
    "h": 88.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9B47

secondary

#95A3C9

accent

#76D652

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9B47

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

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