#BB9D46#BB9D46

#BB9D46 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.112 H 90.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9D46
RGB	rgb(187, 157, 70)
HSL	hsl(45, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(45, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 62.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.84, 0.96, 48.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.84, 48.54, 88.86°)
OKLab	oklab(70.6% -0.0004 0.1116)
OKLCH	oklch(70.6% 0.112 90.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.6576, 35.1228, 10.7997)
Luminance	0.3512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9D46 #4664BB

analogous

#BB6246 #BB9D46 #9FBB46

triadic

#BB9D46 #46BB9D #9D46BB

tetradic

#BB9D46 #46BB62 #4664BB #BB469F

square

#BB9D46 #46BB62 #4664BB #BB469F

split-complementary

#BB9D46 #469FBB #6246BB

monochromatic

#625224 #8F7835 #BB9D46 #CBB573 #DCCCA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#BB9D46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#BB9D46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9D46

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9D46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9D46	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)

#AD9B3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A44A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9918A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9d46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 157, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.112 90.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b97d',
    500: '#bb9d46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9d46;
$custom-light: #d2b97d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9d46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.615,
    "s": 46.245,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70598,
    "c": 0.11156,
    "h": 90.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9D46

secondary

#94A2C8

accent

#74D652

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9D46

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

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