#BB9740#BB9740

#BB9740 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.113 H 86.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9740
RGB	rgb(187, 151, 64)
HSL	hsl(42, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(42, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.3%, 65.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.22, 3.83, 49.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.22, 49.68, 85.58°)
OKLab	oklab(69.3% 0.0071 0.1128)
OKLCH	oklch(69.3% 0.113 86.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.4873, 33.0702, 9.5215)
Luminance	0.3307 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9740 #4064BB

analogous

#BB5A40 #BB9740 #A2BB40

triadic

#BB9740 #40BB97 #9740BB

tetradic

#BB9740 #40BB5A #4064BB #BB40A2

square

#BB9740 #40BB5A #4064BB #BB40A2

split-complementary

#BB9740 #40A2BB #5A40BB

monochromatic

#604D21 #8D7230 #BB9740 #CDB06C #DCC999

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#BB9740 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.61

#BB9740 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9740

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9740	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9740	1.00	2.76	7.61	7.61
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89636

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A044

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8B84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9740;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 151, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.113 86.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b579',
    500: '#bb9740',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9740;
$custom-light: #d3b579;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9740",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.439,
    "s": 49.004,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69298,
    "c": 0.11303,
    "h": 86.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9740

secondary

#8FA0C8

accent

#77D94F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9740

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

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