#BB9240#BB9240

#BB9240 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.111 H 82.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9240
RGB	rgb(187, 146, 64)
HSL	hsl(40, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(40, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.9%, 65.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.92, 6.56, 48.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.92, 48.57, 82.24°)
OKLab	oklab(68.28% 0.015 0.1098)
OKLCH	oklch(68.28% 0.111 82.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.6996, 31.4949, 9.2590)
Luminance	0.3149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9240 #4069BB

analogous

#BB5540 #BB9240 #A7BB40

triadic

#BB9240 #40BB92 #9240BB

tetradic

#BB9240 #40BB55 #4069BB #BB40A7

square

#BB9240 #40BB55 #4069BB #BB40A7

split-complementary

#BB9240 #40A7BB #5540BB

monochromatic

#604B21 #8D6E30 #BB9240 #CDAC6C #DCC699

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#BB9240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.30

#BB9240 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9240

7.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9240	1.00	2.88	7.30	7.30
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39237

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9D43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8580

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 146, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.111 82.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b178',
    500: '#bb9240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9240;
$custom-light: #d3b178;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 49.004,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68281,
    "c": 0.11083,
    "h": 82.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9240

secondary

#8FA2C8

accent

#7DD94F

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF5ED

border

#D3CFC8

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9240

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

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