#BB9640#BB9640

#BB9640 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.113 H 85.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9640
RGB	rgb(187, 150, 64)
HSL	hsl(42, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(42, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.8%, 65.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.96, 4.37, 49.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.96, 49.45, 84.93°)
OKLab	oklab(69.09% 0.0087 0.1122)
OKLCH	oklch(69.09% 0.113 85.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.3270, 32.7497, 9.4681)
Luminance	0.3275 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9640 #4065BB

analogous

#BB5940 #BB9640 #A3BB40

triadic

#BB9640 #40BB96 #9640BB

tetradic

#BB9640 #40BB59 #4065BB #BB40A3

square

#BB9640 #40BB59 #4065BB #BB40A3

split-complementary

#BB9640 #40A3BB #5940BB

monochromatic

#604D21 #8D7130 #BB9640 #CDAF6C #DCC899

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#BB9640 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.55

#BB9640 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9640

7.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9640	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9640	1.00	2.78	7.55	7.55
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79536

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8A83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9640;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 150, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.113 85.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b479',
    500: '#bb9640',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9640;
$custom-light: #d3b479;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9640",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.951,
    "s": 49.004,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69094,
    "c": 0.11254,
    "h": 85.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9640

secondary

#8FA0C8

accent

#79D94F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9640

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

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