#BB9249#BB9249

#BB9249 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.104 H 80.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9249
RGB	rgb(187, 146, 73)
HSL	hsl(38, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(38, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.9%, 61%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.02, 7.17, 43.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.02, 44.47, 80.73°)
OKLab	oklab(68.38% 0.018 0.102)
OKLCH	oklch(68.38% 0.104 80)
XYZ	xyz(31.9767, 31.6057, 10.7183)
Luminance	0.3160 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9249 #4972BB

analogous

#BB5949 #BB9249 #ABBB49

triadic

#BB9249 #49BB92 #9249BB

tetradic

#BB9249 #49BB59 #4972BB #BB49AB

square

#BB9249 #49BB59 #4972BB #BB49AB

split-complementary

#BB9249 #49ABBB #5949BB

monochromatic

#644E25 #917036 #BB9249 #CCAD76 #DCC7A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#BB9249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.32

#BB9249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9249

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9249	1.00	2.87	7.32	7.32
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39242

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9D4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8681

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 146, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.104 80.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b17e',
    500: '#bb9249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9249;
$custom-light: #d3b17e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.421,
    "s": 45.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68383,
    "c": 0.10357,
    "h": 80
  },
  "luminance": 0.31604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9249

secondary

#97A9C9

accent

#82D553

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF5EE

border

#D3CFC9

text

#15100A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9249

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

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