#BB9D53#BB9D53

#BB9D53 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.100 H 87.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9D53
RGB	rgb(187, 157, 83)
HSL	hsl(43, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(43, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 55.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.99, 1.94, 42.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.99, 42.41, 87.37°)
OKLab	oklab(70.76% 0.004 0.0998)
OKLCH	oklch(70.76% 0.1 87.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.1133, 35.3051, 13.1997)
Luminance	0.3530 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9D53 #5371BB

analogous

#BB6953 #BB9D53 #A5BB53

triadic

#BB9D53 #53BB9D #9D53BB

tetradic

#BB9D53 #53BB69 #5371BB #BB53A5

square

#BB9D53 #53BB69 #5371BB #BB53A5

split-complementary

#BB9D53 #53A5BB #6953BB

monochromatic

#6A572A #967C3B #BB9D53 #CCB67F #DECFAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#BB9D53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#BB9D53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9D53

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9D53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9D53	1.00	2.61	8.06	8.06
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9C4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A456

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9928C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9d53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 157, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.100 87.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b985',
    500: '#bb9d53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9d53;
$custom-light: #d2b985;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9d53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.692,
    "s": 43.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70755,
    "c": 0.09991,
    "h": 87.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9D53

secondary

#9EABCB

accent

#79D355

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9D53

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

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