#BB9139#BB9139

#BB9139 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.116 H 82.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9139
RGB	rgb(187, 145, 57)
HSL	hsl(41, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(41, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.5%, 69.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.60, 6.69, 50.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.60, 51.42, 82.52°)
OKLab	oklab(68.01% 0.0145 0.1147)
OKLCH	oklch(68.01% 0.116 82.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.3593, 31.1132, 8.2239)
Luminance	0.3111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9139 #3963BB

analogous

#BB5039 #BB9139 #A4BB39

triadic

#BB9139 #39BB91 #9139BB

tetradic

#BB9139 #39BB50 #3963BB #BB39A4

square

#BB9139 #39BB50 #3963BB #BB39A4

split-complementary

#BB9139 #39A4BB #5039BB

monochromatic

#5D481C #8C6D2B #BB9139 #CFAC62 #DDC591

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#BB9139 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.22

#BB9139 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9139

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9139	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9139	1.00	2.91	7.22	7.22
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3912E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB847F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9139;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 145, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.116 82.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b174',
    500: '#bb9139',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9139;
$custom-light: #d3b174;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9139",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.615,
    "s": 53.279,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68009,
    "c": 0.11562,
    "h": 82.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9139

secondary

#879CC8

accent

#7ADD4B

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9139

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

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