#BB9839#BB9839

#BB9839 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.119 H 88.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9839
RGB	rgb(187, 152, 57)
HSL	hsl(44, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(44, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.7%, 69.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.42, 2.87, 52.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.42, 52.95, 86.89°)
OKLab	oklab(69.44% 0.0034 0.1187)
OKLCH	oklch(69.44% 0.119 88.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.4621, 33.3187, 8.5914)
Luminance	0.3332 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9839 #395CBB

analogous

#BB5739 #BB9839 #9DBB39

triadic

#BB9839 #39BB98 #9839BB

tetradic

#BB9839 #39BB57 #395CBB #BB399D

square

#BB9839 #39BB57 #395CBB #BB399D

split-complementary

#BB9839 #399DBB #5739BB

monochromatic

#5D4C1C #8C722B #BB9839 #CFB262 #DDC991

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#BB9839 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.66

#BB9839 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9839

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9839	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9839	1.00	2.74	7.66	7.66
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9972D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A03D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8B84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9839;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 152, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.119 88.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b674',
    500: '#bb9839',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9839;
$custom-light: #d3b674;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9839",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.846,
    "s": 53.279,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69437,
    "c": 0.11877,
    "h": 88.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9839

secondary

#8799C8

accent

#72DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9839

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

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