#BB9042#BB9042

#BB9042 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.109 H 80.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9042
RGB	rgb(187, 144, 66)
HSL	hsl(39, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(39, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23%, 64.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.43, 7.78, 46.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.43, 47.28, 80.53°)
OKLab	oklab(67.9% 0.0189 0.1069)
OKLCH	oklch(67.9% 0.109 80)
XYZ	xyz(31.4519, 30.9068, 9.4622)
Luminance	0.3090 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9042 #426DBB

analogous

#BB5442 #BB9042 #A9BB42

triadic

#BB9042 #42BB90 #9042BB

tetradic

#BB9042 #42BB54 #426DBB #BB42A9

square

#BB9042 #42BB54 #426DBB #BB42A9

split-complementary

#BB9042 #42A9BB #5442BB

monochromatic

#614A22 #8E6D32 #BB9042 #CCAB6E #DCC59C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#BB9042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.18

#BB9042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9042

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9042	1.00	2.92	7.18	7.18
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1913A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9B45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA837F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 144, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.109 80.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b079',
    500: '#bb9042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9042;
$custom-light: #d3b079;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.678,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67899,
    "c": 0.10858,
    "h": 80
  },
  "luminance": 0.30905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9042

secondary

#91A4C8

accent

#80D750

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4EE

border

#D3CEC9

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9042

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

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