#BB9440#BB9440

#BB9440 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.112 H 83.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9440
RGB	rgb(187, 148, 64)
HSL	hsl(41, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(41, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.9%, 65.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.44, 5.46, 48.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.44, 48.99, 83.60°)
OKLab	oklab(68.69% 0.0118 0.111)
OKLCH	oklch(68.69% 0.112 83.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.0106, 32.1168, 9.3627)
Luminance	0.3211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9440 #4067BB

analogous

#BB5740 #BB9440 #A5BB40

triadic

#BB9440 #40BB94 #9440BB

tetradic

#BB9440 #40BB57 #4067BB #BB40A5

square

#BB9440 #40BB57 #4067BB #BB40A5

split-complementary

#BB9440 #40A5BB #5740BB

monochromatic

#604C21 #8D7030 #BB9440 #CDAE6C #DCC799

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#BB9440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.42

#BB9440 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9440

7.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9440	1.00	2.83	7.42	7.42
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59437

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9E43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8882

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 148, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.112 83.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b378',
    500: '#bb9440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9440;
$custom-light: #d3b378;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.976,
    "s": 49.004,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68686,
    "c": 0.11164,
    "h": 83.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9440

secondary

#8FA1C8

accent

#7BD94F

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF5ED

border

#D3CFC8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9440

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

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