#BB9D49#BB9D49

#BB9D49 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.109 H 89.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9D49
RGB	rgb(187, 157, 73)
HSL	hsl(44, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(44, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 61%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.87, 1.17, 47.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.87, 47.16, 88.57°)
OKLab	oklab(70.63% 0.0006 0.109)
OKLCH	oklch(70.63% 0.109 89.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.7547, 35.1616, 11.3110)
Luminance	0.3516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9D49 #4967BB

analogous

#BB6449 #BB9D49 #A0BB49

triadic

#BB9D49 #49BB9D #9D49BB

tetradic

#BB9D49 #49BB64 #4967BB #BB49A0

square

#BB9D49 #49BB64 #4967BB #BB49A0

split-complementary

#BB9D49 #49A0BB #6449BB

monochromatic

#645425 #917936 #BB9D49 #CCB576 #DCCDA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#BB9D49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#BB9D49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9D49

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9D49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9D49	1.00	2.61	8.03	8.03
#FFFFFF	2.61	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)

#AD9B40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A44C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9918A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9d49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 157, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.109 89.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b97f',
    500: '#bb9d49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9d49;
$custom-light: #d2b97f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9d49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.211,
    "s": 45.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70631,
    "c": 0.109,
    "h": 89.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9D49

secondary

#97A4C9

accent

#75D553

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9D49

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

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