#BB9848#BB9848

#BB9848 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.107 H 85.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9848
RGB	rgb(187, 152, 72)
HSL	hsl(42, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(42, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.7%, 61.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.56, 3.82, 46.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.56, 46.29, 85.27°)
OKLab	oklab(69.59% 0.0081 0.1067)
OKLCH	oklch(69.59% 0.107 85.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.8931, 33.4911, 10.8615)
Luminance	0.3349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9848 #486BBB

analogous

#BB5E48 #BB9848 #A4BB48

triadic

#BB9848 #48BB98 #9848BB

tetradic

#BB9848 #48BB5E #486BBB #BB48A4

square

#BB9848 #48BB5E #486BBB #BB48A4

split-complementary

#BB9848 #48A4BB #5E48BB

monochromatic

#645125 #907536 #BB9848 #CCB175 #DCCAA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#BB9848 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#BB9848 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9848

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9848	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9848	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)

#A89740

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A04B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8C86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9848;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 152, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.107 85.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b67e',
    500: '#bb9848',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9848;
$custom-light: #d2b67e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9848",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.739,
    "s": 45.817,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6959,
    "c": 0.10701,
    "h": 85.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9848

secondary

#96A5C9

accent

#7AD552

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9848

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

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