#BB9B49#BB9B49

#BB9B49 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.108 H 88.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9B49
RGB	rgb(187, 155, 73)
HSL	hsl(43, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(43, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 61%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.35, 2.26, 46.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.35, 46.61, 87.22°)
OKLab	oklab(70.22% 0.0037 0.1077)
OKLCH	oklch(70.22% 0.108 88)
XYZ	xyz(33.4191, 34.4904, 11.1991)
Luminance	0.3449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9B49 #4969BB

analogous

#BB6249 #BB9B49 #A2BB49

triadic

#BB9B49 #49BB9B #9B49BB

tetradic

#BB9B49 #49BB62 #4969BB #BB49A2

square

#BB9B49 #49BB62 #4969BB #BB49A2

split-complementary

#BB9B49 #49A2BB #6249BB

monochromatic

#645325 #917736 #BB9B49 #CCB376 #DCCCA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#BB9B49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#BB9B49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9B49

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9B49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9B49	1.00	2.66	7.90	7.90
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9A41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A24C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98F89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9b49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 155, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.108 88.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b87f',
    500: '#bb9b49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9b49;
$custom-light: #d2b87f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9b49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.158,
    "s": 45.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70218,
    "c": 0.10778,
    "h": 88
  },
  "luminance": 0.34489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9B49

secondary

#97A5C9

accent

#77D553

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9B49

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

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