#BB9E48#BB9E48

#BB9E48 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.111 H 90.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9E48
RGB	rgb(187, 158, 72)
HSL	hsl(45, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(45, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 61.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.13, 0.56, 47.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.13, 47.91, 89.33°)
OKLab	oklab(70.83% -0.0013 0.1105)
OKLCH	oklch(70.83% 0.111 90.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.8917, 35.4882, 11.1944)
Luminance	0.3549 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9E48 #4865BB

analogous

#BB6448 #BB9E48 #9EBB48

triadic

#BB9E48 #48BB9E #9E48BB

tetradic

#BB9E48 #48BB64 #4865BB #BB489E

square

#BB9E48 #48BB64 #4865BB #BB489E

split-complementary

#BB9E48 #489EBB #6448BB

monochromatic

#645425 #907936 #BB9E48 #CCB675 #DCCDA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#BB9E48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.10

#BB9E48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9E48

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9E48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9E48	1.00	2.59	8.10	8.10
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9C3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A44C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9928B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9e48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 158, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.111 90.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ba7e',
    500: '#bb9e48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9e48;
$custom-light: #d2ba7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9e48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.87,
    "s": 45.817,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70827,
    "c": 0.1105,
    "h": 90.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9E48

secondary

#96A3C9

accent

#73D552

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9E48

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

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