#BB9549#BB9549

#BB9549 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.105 H 82.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9549
RGB	rgb(187, 149, 73)
HSL	hsl(40, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(40, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.3%, 61%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.79, 5.52, 44.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.79, 45.11, 82.97°)
OKLab	oklab(68.99% 0.0132 0.1039)
OKLCH	oklch(68.99% 0.105 82.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.4452, 32.5427, 10.8745)
Luminance	0.3254 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9549 #496FBB

analogous

#BB5C49 #BB9549 #A8BB49

triadic

#BB9549 #49BB95 #9549BB

tetradic

#BB9549 #49BB5C #496FBB #BB49A8

square

#BB9549 #49BB5C #496FBB #BB49A8

split-complementary

#BB9549 #49A8BB #5C49BB

monochromatic

#644F25 #917336 #BB9549 #CCAF76 #DCC9A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#BB9549 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.51

#BB9549 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9549

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9549	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9549	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)

#A59542

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9F4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8984

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9549;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 149, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.105 82.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b37e',
    500: '#bb9549',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9549;
$custom-light: #d3b37e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9549",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 45.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6899,
    "c": 0.10474,
    "h": 82.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9549

secondary

#97A7C9

accent

#7ED553

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9549

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

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