#BB9548#BB9548

#BB9548 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.106 H 83.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9548
RGB	rgb(187, 149, 72)
HSL	hsl(40, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(40, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.3%, 61.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.78, 5.45, 45.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.78, 45.58, 83.13°)
OKLab	oklab(68.98% 0.0129 0.1048)
OKLCH	oklch(68.98% 0.106 83)
XYZ	xyz(32.4123, 32.5296, 10.7013)
Luminance	0.3253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9548 #486EBB

analogous

#BB5B48 #BB9548 #A7BB48

triadic

#BB9548 #48BB95 #9548BB

tetradic

#BB9548 #48BB5B #486EBB #BB48A7

square

#BB9548 #48BB5B #486EBB #BB48A7

split-complementary

#BB9548 #48A7BB #5B48BB

monochromatic

#644F25 #907236 #BB9548 #CCAF75 #DCC9A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#BB9548 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.51

#BB9548 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9548

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9548	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9548	1.00	2.80	7.51	7.51
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59540

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9F4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8984

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9548;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 149, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.106 83.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b37e',
    500: '#bb9548',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9548;
$custom-light: #d3b37e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9548",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.174,
    "s": 45.817,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68978,
    "c": 0.10559,
    "h": 83
  },
  "luminance": 0.32528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9548

secondary

#96A7C9

accent

#7ED552

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9548

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

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