#BB9949#BB9949

#BB9949 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.107 H 86.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9949
RGB	rgb(187, 153, 73)
HSL	hsl(42, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(42, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 61%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.83, 3.34, 45.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.83, 46.08, 85.84°)
OKLab	oklab(69.81% 0.0069 0.1065)
OKLCH	oklch(69.81% 0.107 86.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.0890, 33.8302, 11.0891)
Luminance	0.3383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9949 #496BBB

analogous

#BB6049 #BB9949 #A4BB49

triadic

#BB9949 #49BB99 #9949BB

tetradic

#BB9949 #49BB60 #496BBB #BB49A4

square

#BB9949 #49BB60 #496BBB #BB49A4

split-complementary

#BB9949 #49A4BB #6049BB

monochromatic

#645125 #917636 #BB9949 #CCB276 #DCCBA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#BB9949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#BB9949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9949

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9949	1.00	2.70	7.77	7.77
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99841

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A14C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8D87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 153, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.107 86.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b67e',
    500: '#bb9949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9949;
$custom-light: #d2b67e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.105,
    "s": 45.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69807,
    "c": 0.10667,
    "h": 86.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9949

secondary

#97A6C9

accent

#7AD553

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9949

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

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