#BB9540#BB9540

#BB9540 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.112 H 84.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9540
RGB	rgb(187, 149, 64)
HSL	hsl(41, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(41, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.3%, 65.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.70, 4.92, 48.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.70, 49.22, 84.27°)
OKLab	oklab(68.89% 0.0103 0.1116)
OKLCH	oklch(68.89% 0.112 84.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.1681, 32.4319, 9.4152)
Luminance	0.3243 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9540 #4066BB

analogous

#BB5740 #BB9540 #A4BB40

triadic

#BB9540 #40BB95 #9540BB

tetradic

#BB9540 #40BB57 #4066BB #BB40A4

square

#BB9540 #40BB57 #4066BB #BB40A4

split-complementary

#BB9540 #40A4BB #5740BB

monochromatic

#604C21 #8D7130 #BB9540 #CDAF6C #DCC799

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#BB9540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.49

#BB9540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9540

7.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9540	1.00	2.81	7.49	7.49
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69437

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9E43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8983

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 149, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.112 84.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b378',
    500: '#bb9540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9540;
$custom-light: #d3b378;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.463,
    "s": 49.004,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6889,
    "c": 0.11208,
    "h": 84.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9540

secondary

#8FA0C8

accent

#7AD94F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9540

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

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