#BB9845#BB9845

#BB9845 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.110 H 86.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9845
RGB	rgb(187, 152, 69)
HSL	hsl(42, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(42, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.7%, 63.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.53, 3.61, 47.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.53, 47.67, 85.66°)
OKLab	oklab(69.56% 0.0071 0.1093)
OKLCH	oklch(69.56% 0.11 86.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.7976, 33.4529, 10.3586)
Luminance	0.3345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9845 #4568BB

analogous

#BB5D45 #BB9845 #A3BB45

triadic

#BB9845 #45BB98 #9845BB

tetradic

#BB9845 #45BB5D #4568BB #BB45A3

square

#BB9845 #45BB5D #4568BB #BB45A3

split-complementary

#BB9845 #45A3BB #5D45BB

monochromatic

#624F24 #8F7434 #BB9845 #CBB172 #DCCA9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#BB9845 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.69

#BB9845 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9845

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9845	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9845	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)

#A8973C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A048

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8C86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9845;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 152, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.110 86.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b67c',
    500: '#bb9845',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9845;
$custom-light: #d3b67c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9845",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.203,
    "s": 46.457,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69556,
    "c": 0.10952,
    "h": 86.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9845

secondary

#94A3C8

accent

#79D652

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9845

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

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