#BB9049#BB9049

#BB9049 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.103 H 78.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9049
RGB	rgb(187, 144, 73)
HSL	hsl(37, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(37, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23%, 61%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.50, 8.26, 43.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.50, 44.08, 79.19°)
OKLab	oklab(67.98% 0.0212 0.1007)
OKLCH	oklch(67.98% 0.103 78.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.6711, 30.9945, 10.6165)
Luminance	0.3099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9049 #4974BB

analogous

#BB5749 #BB9049 #ADBB49

triadic

#BB9049 #49BB90 #9049BB

tetradic

#BB9049 #49BB57 #4974BB #BB49AD

square

#BB9049 #49BB57 #4974BB #BB49AD

split-complementary

#BB9049 #49ADBB #5749BB

monochromatic

#644D25 #916F36 #BB9049 #CCAB76 #DCC6A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#BB9049 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.20

#BB9049 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9049

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9049	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9049	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)

#A19142

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9B4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8480

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9049;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 144, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.103 78.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b07e',
    500: '#bb9049',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9049;
$custom-light: #d3b07e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9049",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.368,
    "s": 45.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67981,
    "c": 0.10292,
    "h": 78.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9049

secondary

#97AAC9

accent

#84D553

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4EE

border

#D3CEC9

text

#15100A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9049

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

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