#BB9539#BB9539

#BB9539 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.117 H 86.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9539
RGB	rgb(187, 149, 57)
HSL	hsl(42, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(42, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.3%, 69.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.64, 4.50, 52.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.64, 52.25, 85.05°)
OKLab	oklab(68.82% 0.0082 0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(68.82% 0.117 86)
XYZ	xyz(31.9813, 32.3572, 8.4312)
Luminance	0.3236 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9539 #395FBB

analogous

#BB5439 #BB9539 #A0BB39

triadic

#BB9539 #39BB95 #9539BB

tetradic

#BB9539 #39BB54 #395FBB #BB39A0

square

#BB9539 #39BB54 #395FBB #BB39A0

split-complementary

#BB9539 #39A0BB #5439BB

monochromatic

#5D4A1C #8C702B #BB9539 #CFAF62 #DDC791

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#BB9539 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.47

#BB9539 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9539

7.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9539	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9539	1.00	2.81	7.47	7.47
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6942D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8882

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9539;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 149, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.117 86.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b374',
    500: '#bb9539',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9539;
$custom-light: #d3b374;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9539",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.462,
    "s": 53.279,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68822,
    "c": 0.11728,
    "h": 86
  },
  "luminance": 0.32355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9539

secondary

#879AC8

accent

#76DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9539

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

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