#BB9438#BB9438

#BB9438 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.118 H 85.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9438
RGB	rgb(187, 148, 56)
HSL	hsl(42, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(42, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.9%, 70.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.37, 5.00, 52.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.37, 52.46, 84.53°)
OKLab	oklab(68.61% 0.0095 0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(68.61% 0.118 85.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.7991, 32.0322, 8.2486)
Luminance	0.3203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9438 #385FBB

analogous

#BB5238 #BB9438 #A1BB38

triadic

#BB9438 #38BB94 #9438BB

tetradic

#BB9438 #38BB52 #385FBB #BB38A1

square

#BB9438 #38BB52 #385FBB #BB38A1

split-complementary

#BB9438 #38A1BB #5238BB

monochromatic

#5D491C #8C6F2A #BB9438 #D0AF61 #DEC690

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#BB9438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.41

#BB9438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9438

7.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9438	1.00	2.84	7.41	7.41
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6932C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9E3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8781

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 148, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.118 85.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b374',
    500: '#bb9438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9438;
$custom-light: #d3b374;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.137,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68609,
    "c": 0.11754,
    "h": 85.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9438

secondary

#869AC8

accent

#76DD4B

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF5ED

border

#D4CFC8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9438

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

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