#BB9C4B#BB9C4B

#BB9C4B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.107 H 88.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9C4B
RGB	rgb(187, 156, 75)
HSL	hsl(43, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(43, 60%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.6%, 59.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.63, 1.86, 45.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.63, 45.95, 87.68°)
OKLab	oklab(70.45% 0.0028 0.1066)
OKLCH	oklch(70.45% 0.107 88.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.6536, 34.8516, 11.6097)
Luminance	0.3485 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9C4B #4B6ABB

analogous

#BB644B #BB9C4B #A2BB4B

triadic

#BB9C4B #4BBB9C #9C4BBB

tetradic

#BB9C4B #4BBB64 #4B6ABB #BB4BA2

square

#BB9C4B #4BBB64 #4B6ABB #BB4BA2

split-complementary

#BB9C4B #4BA2BB #644BBB

monochromatic

#655426 #927937 #BB9C4B #CCB477 #DDCDA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#BB9C4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#BB9C4B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9C4B

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9C4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9C4B	1.00	2.63	7.97	7.97
#FFFFFF	2.63	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)

#AC9A43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A34E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9908A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9c4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 156, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.107 88.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b980',
    500: '#bb9c4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9c4b;
$custom-light: #d2b980;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9c4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.393,
    "s": 45.161,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70448,
    "c": 0.10663,
    "h": 88.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9C4B

secondary

#98A6CA

accent

#77D553

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9C4B

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

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