#BB9939#BB9939

#BB9939 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.119 H 89.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9939
RGB	rgb(187, 153, 57)
HSL	hsl(44, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(44, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 69.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.68, 2.33, 53.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.68, 53.19, 87.49°)
OKLab	oklab(69.64% 0.0019 0.1193)
OKLCH	oklch(69.64% 0.119 89.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.6251, 33.6447, 8.6458)
Luminance	0.3364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9939 #395BBB

analogous

#BB5839 #BB9939 #9CBB39

triadic

#BB9939 #39BB99 #9939BB

tetradic

#BB9939 #39BB58 #395BBB #BB399C

square

#BB9939 #39BB58 #395BBB #BB399C

split-complementary

#BB9939 #399CBB #5839BB

monochromatic

#5D4C1C #8C732B #BB9939 #CFB362 #DDC991

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#BB9939 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.73

#BB9939 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9939

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9939	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9939	1.00	2.72	7.73	7.73
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA972D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A13E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8C85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9939;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 153, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.119 89.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b675',
    500: '#bb9939',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9939;
$custom-light: #d3b675;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9939",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.308,
    "s": 53.279,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69643,
    "c": 0.1193,
    "h": 89.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9939

secondary

#8798C8

accent

#71DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9939

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

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