#BB9C48#BB9C48

#BB9C48 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.109 H 89.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9C48
RGB	rgb(187, 156, 72)
HSL	hsl(44, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(44, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.6%, 61.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.60, 1.64, 47.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.60, 47.34, 88.01°)
OKLab	oklab(70.41% 0.0018 0.1092)
OKLCH	oklch(70.41% 0.109 89.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.5533, 34.8115, 11.0816)
Luminance	0.3481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9C48 #4867BB

analogous

#BB6248 #BB9C48 #A0BB48

triadic

#BB9C48 #48BB9C #9C48BB

tetradic

#BB9C48 #48BB62 #4867BB #BB48A0

square

#BB9C48 #48BB62 #4867BB #BB48A0

split-complementary

#BB9C48 #48A0BB #6248BB

monochromatic

#645325 #907836 #BB9C48 #CCB475 #DCCCA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#BB9C48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#BB9C48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9C48

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9C48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9C48	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)

#AC9A3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A34B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99089

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9c48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 156, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.109 89.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b87e',
    500: '#bb9c48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9c48;
$custom-light: #d2b87e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9c48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.826,
    "s": 45.817,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70413,
    "c": 0.10924,
    "h": 89.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9C48

secondary

#96A4C9

accent

#76D552

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9C48

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

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