#BB9741#BB9741

#BB9741 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.112 H 86.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9741
RGB	rgb(187, 151, 65)
HSL	hsl(42, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(42, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.3%, 65.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.23, 3.89, 49.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.23, 49.24, 85.47°)
OKLab	oklab(69.31% 0.0074 0.112)
OKLCH	oklch(69.31% 0.112 86.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.5160, 33.0817, 9.6728)
Luminance	0.3308 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9741 #4165BB

analogous

#BB5A41 #BB9741 #A2BB41

triadic

#BB9741 #41BB97 #9741BB

tetradic

#BB9741 #41BB5A #4165BB #BB41A2

square

#BB9741 #41BB5A #4165BB #BB41A2

split-complementary

#BB9741 #41A2BB #5A41BB

monochromatic

#604E21 #8E7231 #BB9741 #CCB06D #DCC99A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#BB9741 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.62

#BB9741 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9741

7.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9741	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9741	1.00	2.76	7.62	7.62
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89637

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A044

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8B84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9741;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 151, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.112 86.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b579',
    500: '#bb9741',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9741;
$custom-light: #d3b579;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9741",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.295,
    "s": 48.413,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69309,
    "c": 0.11224,
    "h": 86.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9741

secondary

#90A0C8

accent

#78D850

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9741

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

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