#BB9C4E#BB9C4E

#BB9C4E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.104 H 87.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9C4E
RGB	rgb(187, 156, 78)
HSL	hsl(43, 44%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(43, 58%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.6%, 58.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.67, 2.09, 44.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.67, 44.53, 87.31°)
OKLab	oklab(70.48% 0.0038 0.1039)
OKLCH	oklch(70.48% 0.104 87.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.7587, 34.8936, 12.1632)
Luminance	0.3489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9C4E #4E6DBB

analogous

#BB664E #BB9C4E #A4BB4E

triadic

#BB9C4E #4EBB9C #9C4EBB

tetradic

#BB9C4E #4EBB66 #4E6DBB #BB4EA4

square

#BB9C4E #4EBB66 #4E6DBB #BB4EA4

split-complementary

#BB9C4E #4EA4BB #664EBB

monochromatic

#675528 #937939 #BB9C4E #CCB57A #DDCDA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#BB9C4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.98

#BB9C4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9C4E

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9C4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9C4E	1.00	2.63	7.98	7.98
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9B47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A351

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9918A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9c4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 156, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.104 87.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b982',
    500: '#bb9c4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9c4e;
$custom-light: #d2b982;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9c4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.936,
    "s": 44.49,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70484,
    "c": 0.10394,
    "h": 87.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9C4E

secondary

#9BA8CA

accent

#78D454

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9C4E

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

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