#BB9942#BB9942

#BB9942 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.112 H 87.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9942
RGB	rgb(187, 153, 66)
HSL	hsl(43, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(43, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 64.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.76, 2.87, 49.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.76, 49.28, 86.67°)
OKLab	oklab(69.73% 0.0046 0.1124)
OKLCH	oklch(69.73% 0.112 87.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.8698, 33.7426, 9.9349)
Luminance	0.3374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9942 #4264BB

analogous

#BB5C42 #BB9942 #A1BB42

triadic

#BB9942 #42BB99 #9942BB

tetradic

#BB9942 #42BB5C #4264BB #BB42A1

square

#BB9942 #42BB5C #4264BB #BB42A1

split-complementary

#BB9942 #42A1BB #5C42BB

monochromatic

#614F22 #8E7432 #BB9942 #CCB26E #DCCA9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#BB9942 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#BB9942 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9942

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9942	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9942	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)

#AA9838

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A146

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8D86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9942;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 153, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.112 87.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b67a',
    500: '#bb9942',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9942;
$custom-light: #d3b67a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9942",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.14,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69729,
    "c": 0.11249,
    "h": 87.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9942

secondary

#91A0C8

accent

#76D750

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9942

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

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