#BB9D44#BB9D44

#BB9D44 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.113 H 90.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9D44
RGB	rgb(187, 157, 68)
HSL	hsl(45, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(45, 64%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 63.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.82, 0.83, 49.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.82, 49.45, 89.04°)
OKLab	oklab(70.58% -0.0011 0.1132)
OKLCH	oklch(70.58% 0.113 90.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.5955, 35.0980, 10.4728)
Luminance	0.3510 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9D44 #4462BB

analogous

#BB6144 #BB9D44 #9EBB44

triadic

#BB9D44 #44BB9D #9D44BB

tetradic

#BB9D44 #44BB61 #4462BB #BB449E

square

#BB9D44 #44BB61 #4462BB #BB449E

split-complementary

#BB9D44 #449EBB #6144BB

monochromatic

#615223 #8E7734 #BB9D44 #CBB571 #DCCC9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#BB9D44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#BB9D44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9D44

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9D44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9D44	1.00	2.62	8.02	8.02
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9B3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A348

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA918A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9d44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 157, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.113 90.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b97c',
    500: '#bb9d44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9d44;
$custom-light: #d3b97c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9d44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.874,
    "s": 46.667,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70576,
    "c": 0.11323,
    "h": 90.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9D44

secondary

#93A0C8

accent

#73D651

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9D44

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

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