#BB9746#BB9746

#BB9746 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.108 H 85.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9746
RGB	rgb(187, 151, 70)
HSL	hsl(42, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(42, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.3%, 62.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.28, 4.22, 46.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.28, 46.97, 84.85°)
OKLab	oklab(69.36% 0.009 0.1078)
OKLCH	oklch(69.36% 0.108 85.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.6673, 33.1422, 10.4696)
Luminance	0.3314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9746 #466ABB

analogous

#BB5C46 #BB9746 #A5BB46

triadic

#BB9746 #46BB97 #9746BB

tetradic

#BB9746 #46BB5C #466ABB #BB46A5

square

#BB9746 #46BB5C #466ABB #BB46A5

split-complementary

#BB9746 #46A5BB #5C46BB

monochromatic

#624F24 #8F7335 #BB9746 #CBB073 #DCC9A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#BB9746 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.63

#BB9746 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9746

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9746	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9746	1.00	2.75	7.63	7.63
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7963E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A049

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8B85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9746;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 151, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.108 85.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b57c',
    500: '#bb9746',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9746;
$custom-light: #d3b57c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9746",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.538,
    "s": 46.245,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69363,
    "c": 0.10819,
    "h": 85.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9746

secondary

#94A4C8

accent

#7BD652

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9746

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

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