#BBA259#BBA259

#BBA259 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.097 H 90.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBA259
RGB	rgb(187, 162, 89)
HSL	hsl(45, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(45, 52%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 52.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.37, -0.24, 41.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.37, 41.01, 90.34°)
OKLab	oklab(71.87% -0.0016 0.0974)
OKLCH	oklch(71.87% 0.097 90.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.2183, 37.1284, 14.7607)
Luminance	0.3713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBA259 #5972BB

analogous

#BB7159 #BBA259 #A3BB59

triadic

#BBA259 #59BBA2 #A259BB

tetradic

#BBA259 #59BB71 #5972BB #BB59A3

square

#BBA259 #59BB71 #5972BB #BB59A3

split-complementary

#BBA259 #59A3BB #7159BB

monochromatic

#6D5D2D #98813E #BBA259 #CDBA84 #DFD3B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#BBA259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#BBA259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBA259

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBA259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBA259	1.00	2.49	8.43	8.43
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0A053

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A75C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89891

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bba259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 162, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.097 90.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bd89',
    500: '#bba259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bba259;
$custom-light: #d2bd89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bba259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.694,
    "s": 41.88,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71873,
    "c": 0.09742,
    "h": 90.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBA259

secondary

#A3AECD

accent

#76D256

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBA259

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

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