#BB9340#BB9340

#BB9340 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.111 H 83.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9340
RGB	rgb(187, 147, 64)
HSL	hsl(40, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(40, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.4%, 65.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.18, 6.01, 48.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.18, 48.78, 82.92°)
OKLab	oklab(68.48% 0.0134 0.1104)
OKLCH	oklch(68.48% 0.111 83.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.8544, 31.8045, 9.3106)
Luminance	0.3180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9340 #4068BB

analogous

#BB5640 #BB9340 #A6BB40

triadic

#BB9340 #40BB93 #9340BB

tetradic

#BB9340 #40BB56 #4068BB #BB40A6

square

#BB9340 #40BB56 #4068BB #BB40A6

split-complementary

#BB9340 #40A6BB #5640BB

monochromatic

#604B21 #8D6F30 #BB9340 #CDAD6C #DCC699

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#BB9340 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.36

#BB9340 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9340

7.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9340	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9340	1.00	2.85	7.36	7.36
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49337

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8681

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9340;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 147, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.111 83.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b278',
    500: '#bb9340',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9340;
$custom-light: #d3b278;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9340",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 147,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.488,
    "s": 49.004,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68483,
    "c": 0.11122,
    "h": 83.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9340

secondary

#8FA1C8

accent

#7CD94F

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF5ED

border

#D3CFC8

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9340

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

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