#BB9946#BB9946

#BB9946 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.109 H 86.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9946
RGB	rgb(187, 153, 70)
HSL	hsl(43, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(43, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 62.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.80, 3.13, 47.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.80, 47.47, 86.22°)
OKLab	oklab(69.77% 0.0059 0.1091)
OKLCH	oklch(69.77% 0.109 86.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.9919, 33.7914, 10.5778)
Luminance	0.3379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9946 #4668BB

analogous

#BB5E46 #BB9946 #A2BB46

triadic

#BB9946 #46BB99 #9946BB

tetradic

#BB9946 #46BB5E #4668BB #BB46A2

square

#BB9946 #46BB5E #4668BB #BB46A2

split-complementary

#BB9946 #46A2BB #5E46BB

monochromatic

#625024 #8F7535 #BB9946 #CBB273 #DCCAA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#BB9946 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.76

#BB9946 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9946

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9946	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9946	1.00	2.71	7.76	7.76
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9983D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A149

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8D87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9946;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 153, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.109 86.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b67d',
    500: '#bb9946',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9946;
$custom-light: #d3b67d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9946",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.564,
    "s": 46.245,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69773,
    "c": 0.10922,
    "h": 86.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9946

secondary

#94A3C8

accent

#78D652

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9946

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

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