#BB9233#BB9233

#BB9233 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.120 H 84.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9233
RGB	rgb(187, 146, 51)
HSL	hsl(42, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(42, 73%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.9%, 72.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.81, 5.83, 53.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.81, 54.10, 83.81°)
OKLab	oklab(68.16% 0.0113 0.1195)
OKLCH	oklch(68.16% 0.12 84.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.3719, 31.3637, 7.5328)
Luminance	0.3136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9233 #335CBB

analogous

#BB4E33 #BB9233 #A0BB33

triadic

#BB9233 #33BB92 #9233BB

tetradic

#BB9233 #33BB4E #335CBB #BB33A0

square

#BB9233 #33BB4E #335CBB #BB33A0

split-complementary

#BB9233 #33A0BB #4E33BB

monochromatic

#5B4719 #8B6C26 #BB9233 #D2AE59 #DFC589

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#BB9233 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.27

#BB9233 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9233

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9233	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9233	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)

#A49226

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB857F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9233;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 146, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.120 84.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b170',
    500: '#bb9233',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9233;
$custom-light: #d4b170;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9233",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.912,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6816,
    "c": 0.12006,
    "h": 84.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9233

secondary

#8197C9

accent

#76E047

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF5ED

border

#D4CFC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9233

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

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