#BB9941#BB9941

#BB9941 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.113 H 87.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9941
RGB	rgb(187, 153, 65)
HSL	hsl(43, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(43, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 65.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.75, 2.80, 49.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.75, 49.73, 86.77°)
OKLab	oklab(69.72% 0.0043 0.1132)
OKLCH	oklch(69.72% 0.113 87.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.8406, 33.7309, 9.7810)
Luminance	0.3373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9941 #4163BB

analogous

#BB5C41 #BB9941 #A0BB41

triadic

#BB9941 #41BB99 #9941BB

tetradic

#BB9941 #41BB5C #4163BB #BB41A0

square

#BB9941 #41BB5C #4163BB #BB41A0

split-complementary

#BB9941 #41A0BB #5C41BB

monochromatic

#604F21 #8E7431 #BB9941 #CCB26D #DCCA9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#BB9941 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#BB9941 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9941

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9941	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9941	1.00	2.71	7.75	7.75
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9837

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A145

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8D86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9941;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 153, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.113 87.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b679',
    500: '#bb9941',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9941;
$custom-light: #d3b679;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9941",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.279,
    "s": 48.413,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69719,
    "c": 0.11329,
    "h": 87.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9941

secondary

#909FC8

accent

#76D850

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9941

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

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