#BB9243#BB9243

#BB9243 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.108 H 81.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9243
RGB	rgb(187, 146, 67)
HSL	hsl(40, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(40, 64%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.9%, 64.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.95, 6.75, 46.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.95, 47.22, 81.78°)
OKLab	oklab(68.31% 0.016 0.1073)
OKLCH	oklch(68.31% 0.108 81.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.7873, 31.5299, 9.7207)
Luminance	0.3153 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9243 #436CBB

analogous

#BB5643 #BB9243 #A8BB43

triadic

#BB9243 #43BB92 #9243BB

tetradic

#BB9243 #43BB56 #436CBB #BB43A8

square

#BB9243 #43BB56 #436CBB #BB43A8

split-complementary

#BB9243 #43A8BB #5643BB

monochromatic

#614C23 #8E6F33 #BB9243 #CCAC70 #DCC69D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#BB9243 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.31

#BB9243 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9243

7.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9243	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9243	1.00	2.87	7.31	7.31
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3923B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9D46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8681

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9243;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 146, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.108 81.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b17a',
    500: '#bb9243',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9243;
$custom-light: #d3b17a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9243",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.5,
    "s": 47.244,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68313,
    "c": 0.10848,
    "h": 81.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9243

secondary

#92A4C8

accent

#7FD751

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF5EE

border

#D3CFC9

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9243

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

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