#BB9232#BB9232

#BB9232 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.121 H 84.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9232
RGB	rgb(187, 146, 50)
HSL	hsl(42, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(42, 73%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.9%, 73.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.81, 5.78, 54.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.81, 54.50, 83.91°)
OKLab	oklab(68.15% 0.011 0.1202)
OKLCH	oklch(68.15% 0.121 84.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.3500, 31.3550, 7.4179)
Luminance	0.3135 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9232 #325BBB

analogous

#BB4E32 #BB9232 #A0BB32

triadic

#BB9232 #32BB92 #9232BB

tetradic

#BB9232 #32BB4E #325BBB #BB32A0

square

#BB9232 #32BB4E #325BBB #BB32A0

split-complementary

#BB9232 #32A0BB #4E32BB

monochromatic

#5A4718 #8B6C25 #BB9232 #D2AE58 #DFC588

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#BB9232 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.27

#BB9232 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9232

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9232	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9232	1.00	2.89	7.27	7.27
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49224

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB857F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9232;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 146, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.121 84.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b170',
    500: '#bb9232',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9232;
$custom-light: #d4b170;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9232",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.044,
    "s": 57.806,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68152,
    "c": 0.1207,
    "h": 84.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9232

secondary

#8096C9

accent

#75E147

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF5ED

border

#D4CFC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9232

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

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