#BB9E49#BB9E49

#BB9E49 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.110 H 90.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9E49
RGB	rgb(187, 158, 73)
HSL	hsl(45, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(45, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 61%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.14, 0.63, 47.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.14, 47.45, 89.23°)
OKLab	oklab(70.84% -0.001 0.1096)
OKLCH	oklch(70.84% 0.11 90.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.9245, 35.5014, 11.3676)
Luminance	0.3550 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9E49 #4966BB

analogous

#BB6549 #BB9E49 #9FBB49

triadic

#BB9E49 #49BB9E #9E49BB

tetradic

#BB9E49 #49BB65 #4966BB #BB499F

square

#BB9E49 #49BB65 #4966BB #BB499F

split-complementary

#BB9E49 #499FBB #6549BB

monochromatic

#645425 #917A36 #BB9E49 #CCB676 #DCCDA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#BB9E49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.10

#BB9E49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9E49

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9E49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9E49	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)

#AE9C40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A44D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9928B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9e49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 158, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.110 90.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ba7f',
    500: '#bb9e49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9e49;
$custom-light: #d2ba7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9e49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.737,
    "s": 45.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70839,
    "c": 0.10963,
    "h": 90.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9E49

secondary

#97A3C9

accent

#74D553

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9E49

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

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