#BB9442#BB9442

#BB9442 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.110 H 83.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9442
RGB	rgb(187, 148, 66)
HSL	hsl(41, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(41, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.9%, 64.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.46, 5.59, 47.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.46, 48.10, 83.33°)
OKLab	oklab(68.71% 0.0125 0.1094)
OKLCH	oklch(68.71% 0.11 83.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.0685, 32.1400, 9.6678)
Luminance	0.3214 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9442 #4269BB

analogous

#BB5842 #BB9442 #A6BB42

triadic

#BB9442 #42BB94 #9442BB

tetradic

#BB9442 #42BB58 #4269BB #BB42A6

square

#BB9442 #42BB58 #4269BB #BB42A6

split-complementary

#BB9442 #42A6BB #5842BB

monochromatic

#614C22 #8E7032 #BB9442 #CCAE6E #DCC79C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#BB9442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.43

#BB9442 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9442

7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9442	1.00	2.83	7.43	7.43
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59439

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9E45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8882

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 148, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.110 83.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b37a',
    500: '#bb9442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9442;
$custom-light: #d3b37a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.661,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68707,
    "c": 0.11007,
    "h": 83.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9442

secondary

#91A3C8

accent

#7CD750

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF5EE

border

#D3CFC9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9442

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

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