#BB9241#BB9241

#BB9241 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.110 H 82.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9241
RGB	rgb(187, 146, 65)
HSL	hsl(40, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(40, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.9%, 65.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.93, 6.62, 47.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.93, 48.12, 82.09°)
OKLab	oklab(68.29% 0.0154 0.109)
OKLCH	oklch(68.29% 0.11 82)
XYZ	xyz(31.7283, 31.5063, 9.4102)
Luminance	0.3150 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9241 #416ABB

analogous

#BB5541 #BB9241 #A7BB41

triadic

#BB9241 #41BB92 #9241BB

tetradic

#BB9241 #41BB55 #416ABB #BB41A7

square

#BB9241 #41BB55 #416ABB #BB41A7

split-complementary

#BB9241 #41A7BB #5541BB

monochromatic

#604B21 #8E6F31 #BB9241 #CCAC6D #DCC69A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#BB9241 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.30

#BB9241 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9241

7.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9241	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9241	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)

#A39238

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9D44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8580

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9241;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 146, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.110 82.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b179',
    500: '#bb9241',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9241;
$custom-light: #d3b179;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9241",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.836,
    "s": 48.413,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68291,
    "c": 0.11006,
    "h": 82
  },
  "luminance": 0.31504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9241

secondary

#90A3C8

accent

#7ED850

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF5ED

border

#D3CFC8

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9241

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

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