#BB9649#BB9649

#BB9649 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.105 H 83.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9649
RGB	rgb(187, 150, 73)
HSL	hsl(41, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(41, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.8%, 61%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.05, 4.98, 45.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.05, 45.34, 83.70°)
OKLab	oklab(69.19% 0.0116 0.1045)
OKLCH	oklch(69.19% 0.105 83.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.6041, 32.8605, 10.9275)
Luminance	0.3286 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9649 #496EBB

analogous

#BB5D49 #BB9649 #A7BB49

triadic

#BB9649 #49BB96 #9649BB

tetradic

#BB9649 #49BB5D #496EBB #BB49A7

square

#BB9649 #49BB5D #496EBB #BB49A7

split-complementary

#BB9649 #49A7BB #5D49BB

monochromatic

#645025 #917336 #BB9649 #CCB076 #DCC9A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#BB9649 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.57

#BB9649 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9649

7.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9649	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9649	1.00	2.77	7.57	7.57
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69641

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9F4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8A85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9649;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 150, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.105 83.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b47e',
    500: '#bb9649',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9649;
$custom-light: #d2b47e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9649",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.526,
    "s": 45.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69194,
    "c": 0.10518,
    "h": 83.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9649

secondary

#97A7C9

accent

#7DD553

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9649

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

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