#BB9D48#BB9D48

#BB9D48 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.110 H 89.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9D48
RGB	rgb(187, 157, 72)
HSL	hsl(44, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(44, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 61.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.86, 1.10, 47.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.86, 47.62, 88.67°)
OKLab	oklab(70.62% 0.0002 0.1099)
OKLCH	oklch(70.62% 0.11 89.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.7218, 35.1485, 11.1378)
Luminance	0.3515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9D48 #4866BB

analogous

#BB6348 #BB9D48 #9FBB48

triadic

#BB9D48 #48BB9D #9D48BB

tetradic

#BB9D48 #48BB63 #4866BB #BB489F

square

#BB9D48 #48BB63 #4866BB #BB489F

split-complementary

#BB9D48 #489FBB #6348BB

monochromatic

#645325 #907936 #BB9D48 #CCB575 #DCCDA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#BB9D48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#BB9D48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9D48

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9D48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9D48	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)

#AD9B3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A44C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9918A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9d48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 157, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.110 89.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b97e',
    500: '#bb9d48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9d48;
$custom-light: #d2b97e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9d48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.348,
    "s": 45.817,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7062,
    "c": 0.10986,
    "h": 89.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35147
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9D48

secondary

#96A3C9

accent

#75D552

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9D48

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

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