#BB9462#BB9462

#BB9462 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.081 H 72.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9462
RGB	rgb(187, 148, 98)
HSL	hsl(34, 40%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(34, 48%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.9%, 47.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.86, 8.23, 31.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.86, 32.98, 75.55°)
OKLab	oklab(69.15% 0.0242 0.0778)
OKLCH	oklch(69.15% 0.081 72.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.2894, 32.6283, 16.0974)
Luminance	0.3263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9462 #6289BB

analogous

#BB6762 #BB9462 #B5BB62

triadic

#BB9462 #62BB94 #9462BB

tetradic

#BB9462 #62BB67 #6289BB #BB62B5

square

#BB9462 #62BB67 #6289BB #BB62B5

split-complementary

#BB9462 #62B5BB #6762BB

monochromatic

#715531 #9C7544 #BB9462 #CDB18D #E0CEB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#BB9462 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.53

#BB9462 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9462

7.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9462	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9462	1.00	2.79	7.53	7.53
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2955E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9E63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C88A87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9462;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 148, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.081 72.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b38f',
    500: '#bb9462',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9462;
$custom-light: #d1b38f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9462",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.708,
    "s": 39.556,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69151,
    "c": 0.08144,
    "h": 72.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9462

secondary

#AABACF

accent

#8DCF58

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110C

muted

#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9462

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

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