#BB9F4E#BB9F4E

#BB9F4E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.106 H 90.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9F4E
RGB	rgb(187, 159, 78)
HSL	hsl(45, 44%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(45, 58%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 58.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.45, 0.47, 45.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.45, 45.39, 89.41°)
OKLab	oklab(71.1% -0.0009 0.1058)
OKLCH	oklch(71.1% 0.106 90.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.2683, 35.9129, 12.3331)
Luminance	0.3591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9F4E #4E6ABB

analogous

#BB694E #BB9F4E #A1BB4E

triadic

#BB9F4E #4EBB9F #9F4EBB

tetradic

#BB9F4E #4EBB69 #4E6ABB #BB4EA1

square

#BB9F4E #4EBB69 #4E6ABB #BB4EA1

split-complementary

#BB9F4E #4EA1BB #694EBB

monochromatic

#675728 #937C39 #BB9F4E #CCB77A #DDCFA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#BB9F4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#BB9F4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9F4E

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9F4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9F4E	1.00	2.57	8.18	8.18
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9D46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A551

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9948D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9f4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 159, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.106 90.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bb82',
    500: '#bb9f4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9f4e;
$custom-light: #d2bb82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9f4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.587,
    "s": 44.49,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71105,
    "c": 0.10584,
    "h": 90.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9F4E

secondary

#9BA7CA

accent

#75D454

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9F4E

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

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