#BB9642#BB9642

#BB9642 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.111 H 85.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9642
RGB	rgb(187, 150, 66)
HSL	hsl(42, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(42, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.8%, 64.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.98, 4.50, 48.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.98, 48.55, 84.68°)
OKLab	oklab(69.12% 0.0093 0.1106)
OKLCH	oklch(69.12% 0.111 85.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.3850, 32.7729, 9.7733)
Luminance	0.3277 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9642 #4267BB

analogous

#BB5A42 #BB9642 #A4BB42

triadic

#BB9642 #42BB96 #9642BB

tetradic

#BB9642 #42BB5A #4267BB #BB42A4

square

#BB9642 #42BB5A #4267BB #BB42A4

split-complementary

#BB9642 #42A4BB #5A42BB

monochromatic

#614D22 #8E7232 #BB9642 #CCAF6E #DCC89C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#BB9642 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.55

#BB9642 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9642

7.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9642	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9642	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)

#A79539

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8A84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9642;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 150, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.111 85.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b47a',
    500: '#bb9642',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9642;
$custom-light: #d3b47a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9642",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.653,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69115,
    "c": 0.11097,
    "h": 85.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9642

secondary

#91A2C8

accent

#7AD750

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9642

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

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