#BB9D54#BB9D54

#BB9D54 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.099 H 87.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9D54
RGB	rgb(187, 157, 84)
HSL	hsl(43, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(43, 55%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 55.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.00, 2.03, 41.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.00, 41.93, 87.23°)
OKLab	oklab(70.77% 0.0044 0.0989)
OKLCH	oklch(70.77% 0.099 87.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.1522, 35.3206, 13.4045)
Luminance	0.3532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9D54 #5472BB

analogous

#BB6954 #BB9D54 #A5BB54

triadic

#BB9D54 #54BB9D #9D54BB

tetradic

#BB9D54 #54BB69 #5472BB #BB54A5

square

#BB9D54 #54BB69 #5472BB #BB54A5

split-complementary

#BB9D54 #54A5BB #6954BB

monochromatic

#6A582A #967C3C #BB9D54 #CCB680 #DECFAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#BB9D54 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#BB9D54 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9D54

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9D54	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9D54	1.00	2.60	8.06	8.06
#FFFFFF	2.60	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)

#AC9C4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A457

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9928C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9d54;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 157, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.099 87.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b986',
    500: '#bb9d54',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9d54;
$custom-light: #d2b986;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9d54",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.524,
    "s": 43.096,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70768,
    "c": 0.09896,
    "h": 87.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9D54

secondary

#9FACCC

accent

#7AD355

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9D54

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

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