#BB9142#BB9142

#BB9142 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.109 H 80.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9142
RGB	rgb(187, 145, 66)
HSL	hsl(39, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(39, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.5%, 64.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.69, 7.23, 46.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.69, 47.47, 81.24°)
OKLab	oklab(68.1% 0.0173 0.1075)
OKLCH	oklch(68.1% 0.109 80.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.6041, 31.2111, 9.5130)
Luminance	0.3121 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9142 #426CBB

analogous

#BB5542 #BB9142 #A8BB42

triadic

#BB9142 #42BB91 #9142BB

tetradic

#BB9142 #42BB55 #426CBB #BB42A8

square

#BB9142 #42BB55 #426CBB #BB42A8

split-complementary

#BB9142 #42A8BB #5542BB

monochromatic

#614B22 #8E6E32 #BB9142 #CCAB6E #DCC69C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#BB9142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.24

#BB9142 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9142

7.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9142	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)

#A2913A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9C45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8480

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 145, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.109 80.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b179',
    500: '#bb9142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9142;
$custom-light: #d3b179;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.174,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68101,
    "c": 0.10892,
    "h": 80.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9142

secondary

#91A4C8

accent

#7FD750

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4EE

border

#D3CEC9

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9142

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

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