#BB9847#BB9847

#BB9847 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.108 H 85.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9847
RGB	rgb(187, 152, 71)
HSL	hsl(42, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(42, 62%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.7%, 62%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.55, 3.74, 46.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.55, 46.76, 85.41°)
OKLab	oklab(69.58% 0.0078 0.1076)
OKLCH	oklch(69.58% 0.108 85.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.8607, 33.4782, 10.6911)
Luminance	0.3348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9847 #476ABB

analogous

#BB5E47 #BB9847 #A4BB47

triadic

#BB9847 #47BB98 #9847BB

tetradic

#BB9847 #47BB5E #476ABB #BB47A4

square

#BB9847 #47BB5E #476ABB #BB47A4

split-complementary

#BB9847 #47A4BB #5E47BB

monochromatic

#635025 #907435 #BB9847 #CCB174 #DCCAA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#BB9847 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#BB9847 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9847

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9847	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9847	1.00	2.73	7.70	7.70
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8973F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A04A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8C86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9847;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 152, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.108 85.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b67d',
    500: '#bb9847',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9847;
$custom-light: #d3b67d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9847",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.897,
    "s": 46.032,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69579,
    "c": 0.10785,
    "h": 85.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9847

secondary

#95A5C9

accent

#7AD652

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9847

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

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