#BB9D4A#BB9D4A

#BB9D4A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.108 H 89.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9D4A
RGB	rgb(187, 157, 74)
HSL	hsl(44, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(44, 60%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 60.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.88, 1.25, 46.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.88, 46.69, 88.47°)
OKLab	oklab(70.64% 0.0009 0.1081)
OKLCH	oklch(70.64% 0.108 89.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.7881, 35.1750, 11.4870)
Luminance	0.3517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9D4A #4A68BB

analogous

#BB644A #BB9D4A #A0BB4A

triadic

#BB9D4A #4ABB9D #9D4ABB

tetradic

#BB9D4A #4ABB64 #4A68BB #BB4AA0

square

#BB9D4A #4ABB64 #4A68BB #BB4AA0

split-complementary

#BB9D4A #4AA0BB #644ABB

monochromatic

#655426 #917937 #BB9D4A #CCB576 #DCCDA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#BB9D4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#BB9D4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9D4A

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9D4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9D4A	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)

#AD9B42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A44D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9918B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9d4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 157, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.108 89.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b97f',
    500: '#bb9d4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9d4a;
$custom-light: #d2b97f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9d4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.071,
    "s": 45.382,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70643,
    "c": 0.10812,
    "h": 89.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9D4A

secondary

#97A5C9

accent

#75D553

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9D4A

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

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