#BB9149#BB9149

#BB9149 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.103 H 79.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9149
RGB	rgb(187, 145, 73)
HSL	hsl(38, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(38, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.5%, 61%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.76, 7.72, 43.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.76, 44.27, 79.96°)
OKLab	oklab(68.18% 0.0196 0.1014)
OKLCH	oklch(68.18% 0.103 79)
XYZ	xyz(31.8232, 31.2987, 10.6672)
Luminance	0.3130 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9149 #4973BB

analogous

#BB5849 #BB9149 #ACBB49

triadic

#BB9149 #49BB91 #9149BB

tetradic

#BB9149 #49BB58 #4973BB #BB49AC

square

#BB9149 #49BB58 #4973BB #BB49AC

split-complementary

#BB9149 #49ACBB #5849BB

monochromatic

#644D25 #916F36 #BB9149 #CCAC76 #DCC7A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#BB9149 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.26

#BB9149 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9149

7.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9149	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9149	1.00	2.89	7.26	7.26
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29242

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9C4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8581

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9149;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 145, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.103 79.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b17e',
    500: '#bb9149',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9149;
$custom-light: #d3b17e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9149",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.895,
    "s": 45.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68182,
    "c": 0.10323,
    "h": 79
  },
  "luminance": 0.31297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9149

secondary

#97A9C9

accent

#83D553

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4EE

border

#D3CEC9

text

#15100A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9149

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

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