#BB9844#BB9844

#BB9844 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.110 H 86.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9844
RGB	rgb(187, 152, 68)
HSL	hsl(42, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(42, 64%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.7%, 63.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.52, 3.54, 48.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.52, 48.13, 85.78°)
OKLab	oklab(69.55% 0.0068 0.1101)
OKLCH	oklch(69.55% 0.11 86.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.7668, 33.4406, 10.1965)
Luminance	0.3344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9844 #4467BB

analogous

#BB5C44 #BB9844 #A3BB44

triadic

#BB9844 #44BB98 #9844BB

tetradic

#BB9844 #44BB5C #4467BB #BB44A3

square

#BB9844 #44BB5C #4467BB #BB44A3

split-complementary

#BB9844 #44A3BB #5C44BB

monochromatic

#614F23 #8E7434 #BB9844 #CBB171 #DCC99E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#BB9844 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.69

#BB9844 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9844

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9844	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9844	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)

#A9973B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A047

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8C86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9844;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 152, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.110 86.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b67b',
    500: '#bb9844',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9844;
$custom-light: #d3b67b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9844",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.353,
    "s": 46.667,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69545,
    "c": 0.11035,
    "h": 86.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9844

secondary

#93A2C8

accent

#79D651

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9844

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

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