#BB9234#BB9234

#BB9234 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.119 H 84.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9234
RGB	rgb(187, 146, 52)
HSL	hsl(42, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(42, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.9%, 72.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.82, 5.88, 53.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.82, 53.69, 83.71°)
OKLab	oklab(68.17% 0.0115 0.1189)
OKLCH	oklch(68.17% 0.119 84.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.3941, 31.3727, 7.6502)
Luminance	0.3137 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9234 #345DBB

analogous

#BB4F34 #BB9234 #A1BB34

triadic

#BB9234 #34BB92 #9234BB

tetradic

#BB9234 #34BB4F #345DBB #BB34A1

square

#BB9234 #34BB4F #345DBB #BB34A1

split-complementary

#BB9234 #34A1BB #4F34BB

monochromatic

#5B4719 #8B6D27 #BB9234 #D1AD5B #DFC58B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#BB9234 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.27

#BB9234 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9234

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9234	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9234	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)

#A49227

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB857F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9234;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 146, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.119 84.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b171',
    500: '#bb9234',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9234;
$custom-light: #d4b171;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9234",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.778,
    "s": 56.485,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68168,
    "c": 0.11941,
    "h": 84.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9234

secondary

#8297C9

accent

#76E048

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF5ED

border

#D4CFC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9234

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

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