#BB9D47#BB9D47

#BB9D47 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.111 H 90.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9D47
RGB	rgb(187, 157, 71)
HSL	hsl(44, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(44, 62%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 62%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.85, 1.03, 48.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.85, 48.08, 88.77°)
OKLab	oklab(70.61% -0.0001 0.1107)
OKLCH	oklch(70.61% 0.111 90.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.6894, 35.1355, 10.9674)
Luminance	0.3513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9D47 #4765BB

analogous

#BB6347 #BB9D47 #9FBB47

triadic

#BB9D47 #47BB9D #9D47BB

tetradic

#BB9D47 #47BB63 #4765BB #BB479F

square

#BB9D47 #47BB63 #4765BB #BB479F

split-complementary

#BB9D47 #479FBB #6347BB

monochromatic

#635325 #907835 #BB9D47 #CCB574 #DCCDA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#BB9D47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#BB9D47 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9D47

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9D47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9D47	1.00	2.62	8.03	8.03
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9B3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A44B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9918A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9d47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 157, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.111 90.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b97d',
    500: '#bb9d47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9d47;
$custom-light: #d2b97d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9d47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.483,
    "s": 46.032,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70609,
    "c": 0.11071,
    "h": 90.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9D47

secondary

#95A2C9

accent

#74D652

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9D47

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

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