#BB9D50#BB9D50

#BB9D50 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.103 H 88.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9D50
RGB	rgb(187, 157, 80)
HSL	hsl(43, 44%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(43, 57%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 57.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.95, 1.70, 43.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.95, 43.86, 87.78°)
OKLab	oklab(70.72% 0.003 0.1027)
OKLCH	oklch(70.72% 0.103 88.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.0000, 35.2597, 12.6028)
Luminance	0.3526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9D50 #506EBB

analogous

#BB6850 #BB9D50 #A3BB50

triadic

#BB9D50 #50BB9D #9D50BB

tetradic

#BB9D50 #50BB68 #506EBB #BB50A3

square

#BB9D50 #50BB68 #506EBB #BB50A3

split-complementary

#BB9D50 #50A3BB #6850BB

monochromatic

#685628 #947B3A #BB9D50 #CCB67C #DDCEA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#BB9D50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#BB9D50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9D50

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9D50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9D50	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)

#AC9B49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A453

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9928B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9d50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 157, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.103 88.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b983',
    500: '#bb9d50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9d50;
$custom-light: #d2b983;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9d50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.178,
    "s": 44.033,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70716,
    "c": 0.10272,
    "h": 88.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9D50

secondary

#9CA9CB

accent

#78D454

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9D50

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

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