#BB8942#BB8942

#BB8942 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.107 H 73.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8942
RGB	rgb(187, 137, 66)
HSL	hsl(35, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(35, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.7%, 64.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.65, 11.64, 44.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.65, 46.14, 75.39°)
OKLab	oklab(66.51% 0.0302 0.1027)
OKLCH	oklch(66.51% 0.107 73.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.4244, 28.8518, 9.1197)
Luminance	0.2885 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8942 #4274BB

analogous

#BB4D42 #BB8942 #B0BB42

triadic

#BB8942 #42BB89 #8942BB

tetradic

#BB8942 #42BB4D #4274BB #BB42B0

square

#BB8942 #42BB4D #4274BB #BB42B0

split-complementary

#BB8942 #42B0BB #4D42BB

monochromatic

#614722 #8E6832 #BB8942 #CCA56E #DCC19C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#BB8942 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.77

#BB8942 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8942

6.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8942	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8942	1.00	3.10	6.77	6.77
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8B3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79744

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7C79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8942;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 137, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.107 73.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ab79',
    500: '#bb8942',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8942;
$custom-light: #d3ab79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8942",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.207,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66507,
    "c": 0.10703,
    "h": 73.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8942

secondary

#91A8C8

accent

#88D750

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8942

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

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