#BB9843#BB9843

#BB9843 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.111 H 86.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9843
RGB	rgb(187, 152, 67)
HSL	hsl(43, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(43, 64%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.7%, 64.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.51, 3.47, 48.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.51, 48.58, 85.90°)
OKLab	oklab(69.54% 0.0065 0.111)
OKLCH	oklch(69.54% 0.111 86.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.7366, 33.4285, 10.0372)
Luminance	0.3343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9843 #4366BB

analogous

#BB5C43 #BB9843 #A2BB43

triadic

#BB9843 #43BB98 #9843BB

tetradic

#BB9843 #43BB5C #4366BB #BB43A2

square

#BB9843 #43BB5C #4366BB #BB43A2

split-complementary

#BB9843 #43A2BB #5C43BB

monochromatic

#614F23 #8E7333 #BB9843 #CCB170 #DCC99D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#BB9843 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.69

#BB9843 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9843

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9843	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9843	1.00	2.73	7.69	7.69
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9973A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A046

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8C86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9843;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 152, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.111 86.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b67b',
    500: '#bb9843',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9843;
$custom-light: #d3b67b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9843",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.5,
    "s": 47.244,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69535,
    "c": 0.11116,
    "h": 86.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9843

secondary

#92A2C8

accent

#78D751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9843

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

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