#BB9541#BB9541

#BB9541 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.111 H 84.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9541
RGB	rgb(187, 149, 65)
HSL	hsl(41, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(41, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.3%, 65.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.71, 4.98, 48.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.71, 48.77, 84.14°)
OKLab	oklab(68.9% 0.0106 0.1108)
OKLCH	oklch(68.9% 0.111 84.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.1969, 32.4434, 9.5664)
Luminance	0.3244 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9541 #4167BB

analogous

#BB5841 #BB9541 #A4BB41

triadic

#BB9541 #41BB95 #9541BB

tetradic

#BB9541 #41BB58 #4167BB #BB41A4

square

#BB9541 #41BB58 #4167BB #BB41A4

split-complementary

#BB9541 #41A4BB #5841BB

monochromatic

#604D21 #8E7131 #BB9541 #CCAF6D #DCC89A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#BB9541 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.49

#BB9541 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9541

7.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9541	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9541	1.00	2.80	7.49	7.49
#FFFFFF	2.80	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)

#A69538

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9E44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8983

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9541;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 149, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.111 84.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b379',
    500: '#bb9541',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9541;
$custom-light: #d3b379;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9541",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.311,
    "s": 48.413,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.689,
    "c": 0.11129,
    "h": 84.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9541

secondary

#90A1C8

accent

#7AD850

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9541

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

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