#BB9B4A#BB9B4A

#BB9B4A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.107 H 87.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9B4A
RGB	rgb(187, 155, 74)
HSL	hsl(43, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(43, 60%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 60.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.36, 2.33, 46.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.36, 46.14, 87.11°)
OKLab	oklab(70.23% 0.004 0.1068)
OKLCH	oklch(70.23% 0.107 87.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.4525, 34.5038, 11.3751)
Luminance	0.3450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9B4A #4A6ABB

analogous

#BB624A #BB9B4A #A2BB4A

triadic

#BB9B4A #4ABB9B #9B4ABB

tetradic

#BB9B4A #4ABB62 #4A6ABB #BB4AA2

square

#BB9B4A #4ABB62 #4A6ABB #BB4AA2

split-complementary

#BB9B4A #4AA2BB #624ABB

monochromatic

#655326 #917837 #BB9B4A #CCB476 #DCCCA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#BB9B4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#BB9B4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9B4A

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9B4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9B4A	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)

#AB9A42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A24D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98F89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9b4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 155, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.107 87.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b87f',
    500: '#bb9b4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9b4a;
$custom-light: #d2b87f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9b4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.009,
    "s": 45.382,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7023,
    "c": 0.10692,
    "h": 87.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9B4A

secondary

#97A6C9

accent

#78D553

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9B4A

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

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