#BB9A42#BB9A42

#BB9A42 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.113 H 88.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9A42
RGB	rgb(187, 154, 66)
HSL	hsl(44, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(44, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 64.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.02, 2.32, 49.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.02, 49.54, 87.31°)
OKLab	oklab(69.94% 0.003 0.113)
OKLCH	oklch(69.94% 0.113 88.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.0342, 34.0713, 9.9897)
Luminance	0.3407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9A42 #4263BB

analogous

#BB5D42 #BB9A42 #A0BB42

triadic

#BB9A42 #42BB9A #9A42BB

tetradic

#BB9A42 #42BB5D #4263BB #BB42A0

square

#BB9A42 #42BB5D #4263BB #BB42A0

split-complementary

#BB9A42 #42A0BB #5D42BB

monochromatic

#614F22 #8E7532 #BB9A42 #CCB26E #DCCA9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#BB9A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.81

#BB9A42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9A42

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9A42	1.00	2.69	7.81	7.81
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9938

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A246

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8E87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 154, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.113 88.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b77a',
    500: '#bb9a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9a42;
$custom-light: #d3b77a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.636,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69935,
    "c": 0.11305,
    "h": 88.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9A42

secondary

#91A0C8

accent

#75D750

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9A42

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

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