#BB9048#BB9048

#BB9048 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.104 H 78.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9048
RGB	rgb(187, 144, 72)
HSL	hsl(38, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(38, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23%, 61.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.49, 8.19, 43.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.49, 44.54, 79.40°)
OKLab	oklab(67.97% 0.0209 0.1016)
OKLCH	oklch(67.97% 0.104 78.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.6382, 30.9813, 10.4432)
Luminance	0.3098 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9048 #4873BB

analogous

#BB5648 #BB9048 #ADBB48

triadic

#BB9048 #48BB90 #9048BB

tetradic

#BB9048 #48BB56 #4873BB #BB48AD

square

#BB9048 #48BB56 #4873BB #BB48AD

split-complementary

#BB9048 #48ADBB #5648BB

monochromatic

#644C25 #906E36 #BB9048 #CCAB75 #DCC6A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#BB9048 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.20

#BB9048 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9048

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9048	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9048	1.00	2.92	7.20	7.20
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19141

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9B4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8480

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9048;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 144, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.104 78.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b07d',
    500: '#bb9048',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9048;
$custom-light: #d3b07d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9048",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.565,
    "s": 45.817,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67969,
    "c": 0.10375,
    "h": 78.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9048

secondary

#96A9C9

accent

#83D552

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4EE

border

#D3CEC9

text

#15100A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9048

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

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