#BB9C47#BB9C47

#BB9C47 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.110 H 89.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9C47
RGB	rgb(187, 156, 71)
HSL	hsl(44, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(44, 62%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.6%, 62%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.59, 1.57, 47.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.59, 47.80, 88.11°)
OKLab	oklab(70.4% 0.0015 0.1101)
OKLCH	oklch(70.4% 0.11 89.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.5209, 34.7985, 10.9112)
Luminance	0.3480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9C47 #4766BB

analogous

#BB6247 #BB9C47 #A0BB47

triadic

#BB9C47 #47BB9C #9C47BB

tetradic

#BB9C47 #47BB62 #4766BB #BB47A0

square

#BB9C47 #47BB62 #4766BB #BB47A0

split-complementary

#BB9C47 #47A0BB #6247BB

monochromatic

#635225 #907735 #BB9C47 #CCB474 #DCCCA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#BB9C47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#BB9C47 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9C47

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9C47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9C47	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)

#AC9A3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A34B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99089

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9c47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 156, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.110 89.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b87d',
    500: '#bb9c47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9c47;
$custom-light: #d2b87d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9c47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.966,
    "s": 46.032,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70402,
    "c": 0.1101,
    "h": 89.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9C47

secondary

#95A3C9

accent

#75D652

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9C47

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

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