#BB9449#BB9449

#BB9449 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.104 H 81.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9449
RGB	rgb(187, 148, 73)
HSL	hsl(39, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(39, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.9%, 61%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.53, 6.07, 44.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.53, 44.89, 82.23°)
OKLab	oklab(68.79% 0.0148 0.1033)
OKLCH	oklch(68.79% 0.104 81.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.2877, 32.2277, 10.8220)
Luminance	0.3223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9449 #4970BB

analogous

#BB5B49 #BB9449 #A9BB49

triadic

#BB9449 #49BB94 #9449BB

tetradic

#BB9449 #49BB5B #4970BB #BB49A9

square

#BB9449 #49BB5B #4970BB #BB49A9

split-complementary

#BB9449 #49A9BB #5B49BB

monochromatic

#644F25 #917236 #BB9449 #CCAE76 #DCC8A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#BB9449 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.45

#BB9449 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9449

7.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9449	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9449	1.00	2.82	7.45	7.45
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49442

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9E4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8883

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9449;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 148, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.104 81.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b37e',
    500: '#bb9449',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9449;
$custom-light: #d3b37e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9449",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.474,
    "s": 45.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68787,
    "c": 0.10432,
    "h": 81.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9449

secondary

#97A8C9

accent

#7FD553

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF5EE

border

#D3CFC9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9449

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

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