#BB9840#BB9840

#BB9840 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.114 H 87.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9840
RGB	rgb(187, 152, 64)
HSL	hsl(43, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(43, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.7%, 65.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.48, 3.28, 49.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.48, 49.92, 86.23°)
OKLab	oklab(69.5% 0.0055 0.1134)
OKLCH	oklch(69.5% 0.114 87.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.6489, 33.3934, 9.5754)
Luminance	0.3339 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9840 #4063BB

analogous

#BB5B40 #BB9840 #A1BB40

triadic

#BB9840 #40BB98 #9840BB

tetradic

#BB9840 #40BB5B #4063BB #BB40A1

square

#BB9840 #40BB5B #4063BB #BB40A1

split-complementary

#BB9840 #40A1BB #5B40BB

monochromatic

#604E21 #8D7330 #BB9840 #CDB16C #DCC999

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#BB9840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.68

#BB9840 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9840

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9840	1.00	2.74	7.68	7.68
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99736

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A044

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8C85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 152, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.114 87.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b679',
    500: '#bb9840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9840;
$custom-light: #d3b679;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.927,
    "s": 49.004,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69503,
    "c": 0.11354,
    "h": 87.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9840

secondary

#8F9FC8

accent

#76D94F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9840

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

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