#BB9D4E#BB9D4E

#BB9D4E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.105 H 88.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9D4E
RGB	rgb(187, 157, 78)
HSL	hsl(43, 44%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(43, 58%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 58.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.93, 1.55, 44.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.93, 44.81, 88.02°)
OKLab	oklab(70.69% 0.0023 0.1045)
OKLCH	oklch(70.69% 0.105 88.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.9272, 35.2306, 12.2194)
Luminance	0.3523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9D4E #4E6CBB

analogous

#BB674E #BB9D4E #A3BB4E

triadic

#BB9D4E #4EBB9D #9D4EBB

tetradic

#BB9D4E #4EBB67 #4E6CBB #BB4EA3

square

#BB9D4E #4EBB67 #4E6CBB #BB4EA3

split-complementary

#BB9D4E #4EA3BB #674EBB

monochromatic

#675628 #937A39 #BB9D4E #CCB57A #DDCEA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#BB9D4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#BB9D4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9D4E

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9D4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9D4E	1.00	2.61	8.05	8.05
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9B46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A451

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9928B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9d4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 157, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.105 88.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b982',
    500: '#bb9d4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9d4e;
$custom-light: #d2b982;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9d4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.486,
    "s": 44.49,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70691,
    "c": 0.10455,
    "h": 88.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9D4E

secondary

#9BA8CA

accent

#77D454

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9D4E

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

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