#BB9B4B#BB9B4B

#BB9B4B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.106 H 87.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9B4B
RGB	rgb(187, 155, 75)
HSL	hsl(43, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(43, 60%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 59.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.37, 2.40, 45.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.37, 45.67, 86.99°)
OKLab	oklab(70.24% 0.0044 0.106)
OKLCH	oklch(70.24% 0.106 87.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.4864, 34.5174, 11.5540)
Luminance	0.3452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9B4B #4B6BBB

analogous

#BB634B #BB9B4B #A3BB4B

triadic

#BB9B4B #4BBB9B #9B4BBB

tetradic

#BB9B4B #4BBB63 #4B6BBB #BB4BA3

square

#BB9B4B #4BBB63 #4B6BBB #BB4BA3

split-complementary

#BB9B4B #4BA3BB #634BBB

monochromatic

#655326 #927837 #BB9B4B #CCB477 #DDCCA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#BB9B4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#BB9B4B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9B4B

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9B4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9B4B	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)

#AB9A43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A24E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98F89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9b4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 155, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.106 87.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b880',
    500: '#bb9b4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9b4b;
$custom-light: #d2b880;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9b4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.857,
    "s": 45.161,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70242,
    "c": 0.10604,
    "h": 87.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9B4B

secondary

#98A6CA

accent

#78D553

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9B4B

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

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