#BB9D45#BB9D45

#BB9D45 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.112 H 90.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9D45
RGB	rgb(187, 157, 69)
HSL	hsl(45, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(45, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 63.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.83, 0.90, 48.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.83, 49.00, 88.95°)
OKLab	oklab(70.59% -0.0007 0.1124)
OKLCH	oklch(70.59% 0.112 90.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.6263, 35.1103, 10.6349)
Luminance	0.3511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9D45 #4563BB

analogous

#BB6245 #BB9D45 #9EBB45

triadic

#BB9D45 #45BB9D #9D45BB

tetradic

#BB9D45 #45BB62 #4563BB #BB459E

square

#BB9D45 #45BB62 #4563BB #BB459E

split-complementary

#BB9D45 #459EBB #6245BB

monochromatic

#625224 #8F7834 #BB9D45 #CBB572 #DCCC9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#BB9D45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#BB9D45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9D45

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9D45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9D45	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)

#AD9B3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A449

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA918A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9d45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 157, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.112 90.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b97c',
    500: '#bb9d45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9d45;
$custom-light: #d3b97c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9d45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.746,
    "s": 46.457,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70587,
    "c": 0.11239,
    "h": 90.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9D45

secondary

#94A1C8

accent

#73D652

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9D45

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

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