#BB9C49#BB9C49

#BB9C49 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.108 H 88.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9C49
RGB	rgb(187, 156, 73)
HSL	hsl(44, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(44, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.6%, 61%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.61, 1.72, 46.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.61, 46.88, 87.90°)
OKLab	oklab(70.43% 0.0021 0.1084)
OKLCH	oklch(70.43% 0.108 88.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.5862, 34.8246, 11.2548)
Luminance	0.3482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9C49 #4968BB

analogous

#BB6349 #BB9C49 #A1BB49

triadic

#BB9C49 #49BB9C #9C49BB

tetradic

#BB9C49 #49BB63 #4968BB #BB49A1

square

#BB9C49 #49BB63 #4968BB #BB49A1

split-complementary

#BB9C49 #49A1BB #6349BB

monochromatic

#645325 #917836 #BB9C49 #CCB476 #DCCCA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#BB9C49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#BB9C49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9C49

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9C49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9C49	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)

#AC9A41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A34C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9908A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9c49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 156, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.108 88.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b97f',
    500: '#bb9c49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9c49;
$custom-light: #d2b97f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9c49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.684,
    "s": 45.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70425,
    "c": 0.10838,
    "h": 88.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9C49

secondary

#97A4C9

accent

#76D553

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9C49

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

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