#BB6849#BB6849

#BB6849 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.115 H 40.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB6849
RGB	rgb(187, 104, 73)
HSL	hsl(16, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(16, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.4%, 61%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.89, 30.29, 31.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.89, 43.96, 46.43°)
OKLab	oklab(60.53% 0.0872 0.0756)
OKLCH	oklch(60.53% 0.115 40.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.6485, 20.9493, 8.9422)
Luminance	0.2095 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB6849 #499CBB

analogous

#BB4963 #BB6849 #BBA149

triadic

#BB6849 #49BB68 #6849BB

tetradic

#BB6849 #63BB49 #499CBB #A149BB

square

#BB6849 #63BB49 #499CBB #A149BB

split-complementary

#BB6849 #49BBA1 #4963BB

monochromatic

#643625 #914F36 #BB6849 #CC8D76 #DCB2A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#BB6849 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.19

#BB6849 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB6849

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB6849	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB6849	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)

#7E7346

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928548

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC5961

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb6849;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 104, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.115 40.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4947c',
    500: '#bb6849',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb6849;
$custom-light: #d4947c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb6849",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 104,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.316,
    "s": 45.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60529,
    "c": 0.11543,
    "h": 40.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB6849

secondary

#97BBC9

accent

#B2D553

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF1EE

border

#D4CBC9

text

#150D09

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB6849

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

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