#BB9C4A#BB9C4A

#BB9C4A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.108 H 88.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9C4A
RGB	rgb(187, 156, 74)
HSL	hsl(44, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(44, 60%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.6%, 60.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.62, 1.79, 46.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.62, 46.41, 87.79°)
OKLab	oklab(70.44% 0.0025 0.1075)
OKLCH	oklch(70.44% 0.108 88.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.6196, 34.8380, 11.4308)
Luminance	0.3484 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9C4A #4A69BB

analogous

#BB634A #BB9C4A #A1BB4A

triadic

#BB9C4A #4ABB9C #9C4ABB

tetradic

#BB9C4A #4ABB63 #4A69BB #BB4AA1

square

#BB9C4A #4ABB63 #4A69BB #BB4AA1

split-complementary

#BB9C4A #4AA1BB #634ABB

monochromatic

#655326 #917837 #BB9C4A #CCB476 #DCCDA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#BB9C4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#BB9C4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9C4A

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9C4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9C4A	1.00	2.64	7.97	7.97
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9A42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A34D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9908A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9c4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 156, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.108 88.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b97f',
    500: '#bb9c4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9c4a;
$custom-light: #d2b97f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9c4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.54,
    "s": 45.382,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70436,
    "c": 0.10751,
    "h": 88.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9C4A

secondary

#97A5C9

accent

#76D553

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9C4A

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

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