#BB9D4D#BB9D4D

#BB9D4D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.105 H 89.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9D4D
RGB	rgb(187, 157, 77)
HSL	hsl(44, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(44, 59%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 58.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.92, 1.47, 45.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.92, 45.29, 88.14°)
OKLab	oklab(70.68% 0.0019 0.1054)
OKLCH	oklch(70.68% 0.105 89)
XYZ	xyz(33.8916, 35.2164, 12.0320)
Luminance	0.3522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9D4D #4D6BBB

analogous

#BB664D #BB9D4D #A2BB4D

triadic

#BB9D4D #4DBB9D #9D4DBB

tetradic

#BB9D4D #4DBB66 #4D6BBB #BB4DA2

square

#BB9D4D #4DBB66 #4D6BBB #BB4DA2

split-complementary

#BB9D4D #4DA2BB #664DBB

monochromatic

#665527 #937A38 #BB9D4D #CCB579 #DDCEA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#BB9D4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#BB9D4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9D4D

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9D4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9D4D	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)

#AD9B45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A450

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9928B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9d4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 157, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.105 89.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b981',
    500: '#bb9d4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9d4d;
$custom-light: #d2b981;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9d4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.636,
    "s": 44.715,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70679,
    "c": 0.10546,
    "h": 89
  },
  "luminance": 0.35215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9D4D

secondary

#9AA7CA

accent

#77D453

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9D4D

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

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