#BB9140#BB9140

#BB9140 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.110 H 81.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9140
RGB	rgb(187, 145, 64)
HSL	hsl(40, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(40, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.5%, 65.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.67, 7.11, 47.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.67, 48.37, 81.55°)
OKLab	oklab(68.08% 0.0166 0.1092)
OKLCH	oklch(68.08% 0.11 81.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.5461, 31.1879, 9.2078)
Luminance	0.3119 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9140 #406ABB

analogous

#BB5440 #BB9140 #A8BB40

triadic

#BB9140 #40BB91 #9140BB

tetradic

#BB9140 #40BB54 #406ABB #BB40A8

square

#BB9140 #40BB54 #406ABB #BB40A8

split-complementary

#BB9140 #40A8BB #5440BB

monochromatic

#604A21 #8D6E30 #BB9140 #CDAB6C #DCC599

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#BB9140 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.24

#BB9140 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9140

7.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9140	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9140	1.00	2.90	7.24	7.24
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29137

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9C43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA847F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9140;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 145, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.110 81.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b178',
    500: '#bb9140',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9140;
$custom-light: #d3b178;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9140",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.512,
    "s": 49.004,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68079,
    "c": 0.11047,
    "h": 81.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31186
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9140

secondary

#8FA2C8

accent

#7ED94F

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9140

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

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