#BB9846#BB9846

#BB9846 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.109 H 86.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9846
RGB	rgb(187, 152, 70)
HSL	hsl(42, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(42, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.7%, 62.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.54, 3.68, 47.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.54, 47.22, 85.54°)
OKLab	oklab(69.57% 0.0074 0.1084)
OKLCH	oklch(69.57% 0.109 86.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.8289, 33.4654, 10.5235)
Luminance	0.3346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9846 #4669BB

analogous

#BB5D46 #BB9846 #A4BB46

triadic

#BB9846 #46BB98 #9846BB

tetradic

#BB9846 #46BB5D #4669BB #BB46A4

square

#BB9846 #46BB5D #4669BB #BB46A4

split-complementary

#BB9846 #46A4BB #5D46BB

monochromatic

#625024 #8F7435 #BB9846 #CBB173 #DCCAA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#BB9846 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.69

#BB9846 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9846

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9846	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9846	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)

#A8973D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A049

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8C86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9846;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 152, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.109 86.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b67c',
    500: '#bb9846',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9846;
$custom-light: #d3b67c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9846",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.051,
    "s": 46.245,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69567,
    "c": 0.10869,
    "h": 86.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9846

secondary

#94A4C8

accent

#79D652

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9846

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

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