#BB9742#BB9742

#BB9742 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.111 H 86.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9742
RGB	rgb(187, 151, 66)
HSL	hsl(42, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(42, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.3%, 64.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.24, 3.95, 48.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.24, 48.79, 85.35°)
OKLab	oklab(69.32% 0.0077 0.1112)
OKLCH	oklch(69.32% 0.111 86)
XYZ	xyz(32.5452, 33.0934, 9.8267)
Luminance	0.3309 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9742 #4266BB

analogous

#BB5B42 #BB9742 #A2BB42

triadic

#BB9742 #42BB97 #9742BB

tetradic

#BB9742 #42BB5B #4266BB #BB42A2

square

#BB9742 #42BB5B #4266BB #BB42A2

split-complementary

#BB9742 #42A2BB #5B42BB

monochromatic

#614E22 #8E7232 #BB9742 #CCB06E #DCC99C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#BB9742 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.62

#BB9742 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9742

7.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9742	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9742	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)

#A89639

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A045

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8B85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9742;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 151, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.111 86.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b57a',
    500: '#bb9742',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9742;
$custom-light: #d3b57a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9742",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.149,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69319,
    "c": 0.11145,
    "h": 86
  },
  "luminance": 0.33091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9742

secondary

#91A1C8

accent

#79D750

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9742

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

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