#BB9342#BB9342

#BB9342 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.110 H 82.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9342
RGB	rgb(187, 147, 66)
HSL	hsl(40, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(40, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.4%, 64.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.20, 6.14, 47.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.20, 47.88, 82.64°)
OKLab	oklab(68.51% 0.0141 0.1088)
OKLCH	oklch(68.51% 0.11 82.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.9124, 31.8277, 9.6157)
Luminance	0.3183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9342 #426ABB

analogous

#BB5642 #BB9342 #A7BB42

triadic

#BB9342 #42BB93 #9342BB

tetradic

#BB9342 #42BB56 #426ABB #BB42A7

square

#BB9342 #42BB56 #426ABB #BB42A7

split-complementary

#BB9342 #42A7BB #5642BB

monochromatic

#614C22 #8E6F32 #BB9342 #CCAD6E #DCC79C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#BB9342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.37

#BB9342 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9342

7.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9342	1.00	2.85	7.37	7.37
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49339

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8781

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 147, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.110 82.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b27a',
    500: '#bb9342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9342;
$custom-light: #d3b27a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 147,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.165,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68505,
    "c": 0.10966,
    "h": 82.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9342

secondary

#91A3C8

accent

#7DD750

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF5EE

border

#D3CFC9

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9342

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

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