#BB9841#BB9841

#BB9841 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.113 H 87.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9841
RGB	rgb(187, 152, 65)
HSL	hsl(43, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(43, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.7%, 65.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.49, 3.34, 49.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.49, 49.48, 86.12°)
OKLab	oklab(69.51% 0.0058 0.1126)
OKLCH	oklch(69.51% 0.113 87)
XYZ	xyz(32.6776, 33.4049, 9.7266)
Luminance	0.3340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9841 #4164BB

analogous

#BB5B41 #BB9841 #A1BB41

triadic

#BB9841 #41BB98 #9841BB

tetradic

#BB9841 #41BB5B #4164BB #BB41A1

square

#BB9841 #41BB5B #4164BB #BB41A1

split-complementary

#BB9841 #41A1BB #5B41BB

monochromatic

#604E21 #8E7331 #BB9841 #CCB16D #DCC99A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#BB9841 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.68

#BB9841 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9841

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9841	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9841	1.00	2.73	7.68	7.68
#FFFFFF	2.73	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)

#A99737

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A045

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8C85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9841;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 152, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.113 87.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b679',
    500: '#bb9841',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9841;
$custom-light: #d3b679;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9841",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.787,
    "s": 48.413,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69514,
    "c": 0.11276,
    "h": 87
  },
  "luminance": 0.33403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9841

secondary

#90A0C8

accent

#77D850

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9841

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

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