#BB9239#BB9239

#BB9239 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.116 H 83.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9239
RGB	rgb(187, 146, 57)
HSL	hsl(41, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(41, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.9%, 69.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.86, 6.14, 51.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.86, 51.62, 83.16°)
OKLab	oklab(68.21% 0.0129 0.1153)
OKLCH	oklch(68.21% 0.116 83.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.5128, 31.4201, 8.2750)
Luminance	0.3142 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9239 #3962BB

analogous

#BB5139 #BB9239 #A3BB39

triadic

#BB9239 #39BB92 #9239BB

tetradic

#BB9239 #39BB51 #3962BB #BB39A3

square

#BB9239 #39BB51 #3962BB #BB39A3

split-complementary

#BB9239 #39A3BB #5139BB

monochromatic

#5D491C #8C6D2B #BB9239 #CFAD62 #DDC591

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#BB9239 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.28

#BB9239 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9239

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9239	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9239	1.00	2.88	7.28	7.28
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4922E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB857F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9239;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 146, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.116 83.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b174',
    500: '#bb9239',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9239;
$custom-light: #d3b174;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9239",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.077,
    "s": 53.279,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68212,
    "c": 0.116,
    "h": 83.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9239

secondary

#879CC8

accent

#79DD4B

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF5ED

border

#D4CFC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9239

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

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