#BB6848#BB6848

#BB6848 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.116 H 41.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB6848
RGB	rgb(187, 104, 72)
HSL	hsl(17, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(17, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.4%, 61.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.88, 30.22, 32.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.88, 44.30, 46.98°)
OKLab	oklab(60.51% 0.0868 0.0767)
OKLCH	oklch(60.51% 0.116 41.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.6156, 20.9361, 8.7690)
Luminance	0.2093 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB6848 #489BBB

analogous

#BB4861 #BB6848 #BBA248

triadic

#BB6848 #48BB68 #6848BB

tetradic

#BB6848 #61BB48 #489BBB #A248BB

square

#BB6848 #61BB48 #489BBB #A248BB

split-complementary

#BB6848 #48BBA2 #4861BB

monochromatic

#643625 #904F36 #BB6848 #CC8D75 #DCB2A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#BB6848 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.19

#BB6848 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB6848

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB6848	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB6848	1.00	4.05	5.19	5.19
#FFFFFF	4.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E7345

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928547

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC5960

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb6848;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 104, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.116 41.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4947b',
    500: '#bb6848',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb6848;
$custom-light: #d4947b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb6848",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 104,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.696,
    "s": 45.817,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60513,
    "c": 0.11587,
    "h": 41.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB6848

secondary

#96BBC9

accent

#B1D552

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF1EE

border

#D4CBC9

text

#150D09

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB6848

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

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