#BB9B4E#BB9B4E

#BB9B4E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.103 H 87.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9B4E
RGB	rgb(187, 155, 78)
HSL	hsl(42, 44%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(42, 58%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 58.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.40, 2.63, 44.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.40, 44.26, 86.59°)
OKLab	oklab(70.28% 0.0054 0.1032)
OKLCH	oklch(70.28% 0.103 87)
XYZ	xyz(33.5916, 34.5594, 12.1075)
Luminance	0.3456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9B4E #4E6EBB

analogous

#BB644E #BB9B4E #A5BB4E

triadic

#BB9B4E #4EBB9B #9B4EBB

tetradic

#BB9B4E #4EBB64 #4E6EBB #BB4EA5

square

#BB9B4E #4EBB64 #4E6EBB #BB4EA5

split-complementary

#BB9B4E #4EA5BB #644EBB

monochromatic

#675428 #937939 #BB9B4E #CCB47A #DDCDA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#BB9B4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.91

#BB9B4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9B4E

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9B4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9B4E	1.00	2.65	7.91	7.91
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9A47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A251

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99089

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9b4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 155, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.103 87.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b882',
    500: '#bb9b4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9b4e;
$custom-light: #d2b882;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9b4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.385,
    "s": 44.49,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70278,
    "c": 0.10336,
    "h": 87
  },
  "luminance": 0.34558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9B4E

secondary

#9BA9CA

accent

#79D454

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9B4E

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

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