#BB9439#BB9439

#BB9439 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.117 H 85.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9439
RGB	rgb(187, 148, 57)
HSL	hsl(42, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(42, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.9%, 69.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.38, 5.05, 51.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.38, 52.04, 84.43°)
OKLab	oklab(68.62% 0.0097 0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(68.62% 0.117 85.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.8238, 32.0421, 8.3787)
Luminance	0.3204 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9439 #3960BB

analogous

#BB5339 #BB9439 #A1BB39

triadic

#BB9439 #39BB94 #9439BB

tetradic

#BB9439 #39BB53 #3960BB #BB39A1

square

#BB9439 #39BB53 #3960BB #BB39A1

split-complementary

#BB9439 #39A1BB #5339BB

monochromatic

#5D4A1C #8C6F2B #BB9439 #CFAE62 #DDC791

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#BB9439 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.41

#BB9439 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9439

7.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9439	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9439	1.00	2.83	7.41	7.41
#FFFFFF	2.83	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)

#A6932E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9E3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8781

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9439;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 148, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.117 85.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b374',
    500: '#bb9439',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9439;
$custom-light: #d3b374;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9439",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42,
    "s": 53.279,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68618,
    "c": 0.11684,
    "h": 85.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3204
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9439

secondary

#879BC8

accent

#77DD4B

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF5ED

border

#D4CFC8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9439

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

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