#BB9242#BB9242

#BB9242 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.109 H 81.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9242
RGB	rgb(187, 146, 66)
HSL	hsl(40, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(40, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.9%, 64.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.94, 6.69, 47.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.94, 47.67, 81.94°)
OKLab	oklab(68.3% 0.0157 0.1081)
OKLCH	oklch(68.3% 0.109 81.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.7575, 31.5180, 9.5641)
Luminance	0.3152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9242 #426BBB

analogous

#BB5542 #BB9242 #A8BB42

triadic

#BB9242 #42BB92 #9242BB

tetradic

#BB9242 #42BB55 #426BBB #BB42A8

square

#BB9242 #42BB55 #426BBB #BB42A8

split-complementary

#BB9242 #42A8BB #5542BB

monochromatic

#614B22 #8E6F32 #BB9242 #CCAC6E #DCC69C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#BB9242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.30

#BB9242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9242

7.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9242	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)

#A39239

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9D45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8680

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 146, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.109 81.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b17a',
    500: '#bb9242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9242;
$custom-light: #d3b17a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.669,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68302,
    "c": 0.10927,
    "h": 81.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9242

secondary

#91A3C8

accent

#7ED750

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF5EE

border

#D3CFC9

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9242

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

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