#BB9D4B#BB9D4B

#BB9D4B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.107 H 89.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9D4B
RGB	rgb(187, 157, 75)
HSL	hsl(44, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(44, 60%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 59.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.90, 1.32, 46.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.90, 46.23, 88.37°)
OKLab	oklab(70.66% 0.0012 0.1072)
OKLCH	oklch(70.66% 0.107 89.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.8220, 35.1886, 11.6658)
Luminance	0.3519 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9D4B #4B69BB

analogous

#BB654B #BB9D4B #A1BB4B

triadic

#BB9D4B #4BBB9D #9D4BBB

tetradic

#BB9D4B #4BBB65 #4B69BB #BB4BA1

square

#BB9D4B #4BBB65 #4B69BB #BB4BA1

split-complementary

#BB9D4B #4BA1BB #654BBB

monochromatic

#655426 #927937 #BB9D4B #CCB577 #DDCDA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#BB9D4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#BB9D4B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9D4B

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9D4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9D4B	1.00	2.61	8.04	8.04
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9B43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A44E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9918B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9d4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 157, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.107 89.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b980',
    500: '#bb9d4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9d4b;
$custom-light: #d2b980;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9d4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.929,
    "s": 45.161,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70655,
    "c": 0.10725,
    "h": 89.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9D4B

secondary

#98A5CA

accent

#76D553

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9D4B

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

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