#BB9842#BB9842

#BB9842 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.112 H 86.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9842
RGB	rgb(187, 152, 66)
HSL	hsl(43, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(43, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.7%, 64.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.50, 3.41, 48.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.50, 49.03, 86.01°)
OKLab	oklab(69.52% 0.0061 0.1118)
OKLCH	oklch(69.52% 0.112 86.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.7068, 33.4166, 9.8805)
Luminance	0.3342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9842 #4265BB

analogous

#BB5C42 #BB9842 #A1BB42

triadic

#BB9842 #42BB98 #9842BB

tetradic

#BB9842 #42BB5C #4265BB #BB42A1

square

#BB9842 #42BB5C #4265BB #BB42A1

split-complementary

#BB9842 #42A1BB #5C42BB

monochromatic

#614E22 #8E7332 #BB9842 #CCB16E #DCC99C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#BB9842 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.68

#BB9842 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9842

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9842	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9842	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)

#A99739

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A046

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8C85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9842;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 152, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.112 86.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b67a',
    500: '#bb9842',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9842;
$custom-light: #d3b67a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9842",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.645,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69524,
    "c": 0.11196,
    "h": 86.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9842

secondary

#91A1C8

accent

#77D750

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9842

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

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