#BB9246#BB9246

#BB9246 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.106 H 80.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9246
RGB	rgb(187, 146, 70)
HSL	hsl(39, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(39, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.9%, 62.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.98, 6.95, 45.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.98, 45.85, 81.28°)
OKLab	oklab(68.35% 0.017 0.1047)
OKLCH	oklch(68.35% 0.106 80.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.8796, 31.5669, 10.2071)
Luminance	0.3156 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9246 #466FBB

analogous

#BB5746 #BB9246 #AABB46

triadic

#BB9246 #46BB92 #9246BB

tetradic

#BB9246 #46BB57 #466FBB #BB46AA

square

#BB9246 #46BB57 #466FBB #BB46AA

split-complementary

#BB9246 #46AABB #5746BB

monochromatic

#624D24 #8F6F35 #BB9246 #CBAC73 #DCC7A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#BB9246 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.31

#BB9246 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9246

7.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9246	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9246	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)

#A3923E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9D49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8681

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9246;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 146, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.106 80.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b17c',
    500: '#bb9246',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9246;
$custom-light: #d3b17c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9246",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.974,
    "s": 46.245,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68347,
    "c": 0.10606,
    "h": 80.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9246

secondary

#94A7C8

accent

#80D652

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF5EE

border

#D3CFC9

text

#15100A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9246

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

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