#BB9C46#BB9C46

#BB9C46 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.111 H 89.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9C46
RGB	rgb(187, 156, 70)
HSL	hsl(44, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(44, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.6%, 62.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.58, 1.50, 48.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.58, 48.26, 88.21°)
OKLab	oklab(70.39% 0.0011 0.1109)
OKLCH	oklch(70.39% 0.111 89.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.4891, 34.7858, 10.7436)
Luminance	0.3478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9C46 #4665BB

analogous

#BB6246 #BB9C46 #9FBB46

triadic

#BB9C46 #46BB9C #9C46BB

tetradic

#BB9C46 #46BB62 #4665BB #BB469F

square

#BB9C46 #46BB62 #4665BB #BB469F

split-complementary

#BB9C46 #469FBB #6246BB

monochromatic

#625224 #8F7735 #BB9C46 #CBB473 #DCCCA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#BB9C46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#BB9C46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9C46

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9C46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9C46	1.00	2.64	7.96	7.96
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9A3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A34A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9089

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9c46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 156, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.111 89.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b87d',
    500: '#bb9c46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9c46;
$custom-light: #d3b87d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9c46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.103,
    "s": 46.245,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70391,
    "c": 0.11094,
    "h": 89.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9C46

secondary

#94A2C8

accent

#75D652

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9C46

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

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