#BB9749#BB9749

#BB9749 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.106 H 84.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9749
RGB	rgb(187, 151, 73)
HSL	hsl(41, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(41, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.3%, 61%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.31, 4.43, 45.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.31, 45.58, 84.42°)
OKLab	oklab(69.4% 0.01 0.1052)
OKLCH	oklch(69.4% 0.106 84.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.7644, 33.1810, 10.9809)
Luminance	0.3318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9749 #496DBB

analogous

#BB5E49 #BB9749 #A6BB49

triadic

#BB9749 #49BB97 #9749BB

tetradic

#BB9749 #49BB5E #496DBB #BB49A6

square

#BB9749 #49BB5E #496DBB #BB49A6

split-complementary

#BB9749 #49A6BB #5E49BB

monochromatic

#645025 #917436 #BB9749 #CCB076 #DCCAA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#BB9749 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.64

#BB9749 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9749

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9749	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9749	1.00	2.75	7.64	7.64
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79641

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A04C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8B86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9749;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 151, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.106 84.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b57e',
    500: '#bb9749',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9749;
$custom-light: #d2b57e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9749",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.053,
    "s": 45.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69397,
    "c": 0.10566,
    "h": 84.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9749

secondary

#97A7C9

accent

#7CD553

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9749

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

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