#BB9940#BB9940

#BB9940 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.114 H 88.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9940
RGB	rgb(187, 153, 64)
HSL	hsl(43, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(43, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 65.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.74, 2.74, 50.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.74, 50.17, 86.87°)
OKLab	oklab(69.71% 0.0039 0.114)
OKLCH	oklch(69.71% 0.114 88)
XYZ	xyz(32.8119, 33.7194, 9.6297)
Luminance	0.3372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9940 #4062BB

analogous

#BB5C40 #BB9940 #A0BB40

triadic

#BB9940 #40BB99 #9940BB

tetradic

#BB9940 #40BB5C #4062BB #BB40A0

square

#BB9940 #40BB5C #4062BB #BB40A0

split-complementary

#BB9940 #40A0BB #5C40BB

monochromatic

#604E21 #8D7430 #BB9940 #CDB26C #DCCA99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#BB9940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.74

#BB9940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9940

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9940	1.00	2.71	7.74	7.74
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9836

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A144

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8D86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 153, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.114 88.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b679',
    500: '#bb9940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9940;
$custom-light: #d3b679;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.415,
    "s": 49.004,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69709,
    "c": 0.11408,
    "h": 88
  },
  "luminance": 0.33717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9940

secondary

#8F9FC8

accent

#75D94F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9940

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

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