#BB9542#BB9542

#BB9542 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.111 H 84.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9542
RGB	rgb(187, 149, 66)
HSL	hsl(41, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(41, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.3%, 64.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.72, 5.04, 48.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.72, 48.32, 84.01°)
OKLab	oklab(68.91% 0.0109 0.11)
OKLCH	oklch(68.91% 0.111 84.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.2261, 32.4551, 9.7203)
Luminance	0.3245 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9542 #4268BB

analogous

#BB5942 #BB9542 #A5BB42

triadic

#BB9542 #42BB95 #9542BB

tetradic

#BB9542 #42BB59 #4268BB #BB42A5

square

#BB9542 #42BB59 #4268BB #BB42A5

split-complementary

#BB9542 #42A5BB #5942BB

monochromatic

#614D22 #8E7132 #BB9542 #CCAF6E #DCC89C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#BB9542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.49

#BB9542 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9542

7.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9542	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)

#A69539

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9E45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8983

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 149, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.111 84.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b37a',
    500: '#bb9542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9542;
$custom-light: #d3b37a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.157,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68911,
    "c": 0.11051,
    "h": 84.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9542

secondary

#91A2C8

accent

#7BD750

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9542

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

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