#BB9547#BB9547

#BB9547 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.106 H 83.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9547
RGB	rgb(187, 149, 71)
HSL	hsl(40, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(40, 62%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.3%, 62%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.77, 5.38, 45.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.77, 46.04, 83.29°)
OKLab	oklab(68.97% 0.0125 0.1057)
OKLCH	oklch(68.97% 0.106 83.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.3800, 32.5166, 10.5309)
Luminance	0.3251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9547 #476DBB

analogous

#BB5B47 #BB9547 #A7BB47

triadic

#BB9547 #47BB95 #9547BB

tetradic

#BB9547 #47BB5B #476DBB #BB47A7

square

#BB9547 #47BB5B #476DBB #BB47A7

split-complementary

#BB9547 #47A7BB #5B47BB

monochromatic

#634F25 #907235 #BB9547 #CCAF74 #DCC8A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#BB9547 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.50

#BB9547 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9547

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9547	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9547	1.00	2.80	7.50	7.50
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6953F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9E4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8984

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9547;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 149, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.106 83.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b37d',
    500: '#bb9547',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9547;
$custom-light: #d3b37d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9547",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.345,
    "s": 46.032,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68967,
    "c": 0.10643,
    "h": 83.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9547

secondary

#95A6C9

accent

#7DD652

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9547

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

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