#BB6940#BB6940

#BB6940 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.119 H 46.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB6940
RGB	rgb(187, 105, 64)
HSL	hsl(20, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(20, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.9%, 65.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.99, 29.14, 36.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.99, 47.03, 51.71°)
OKLab	oklab(60.57% 0.0822 0.0857)
OKLCH	oklch(60.57% 0.119 46.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.4727, 21.0409, 7.5167)
Luminance	0.2104 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB6940 #4092BB

analogous

#BB4055 #BB6940 #BBA740

triadic

#BB6940 #40BB69 #6940BB

tetradic

#BB6940 #55BB40 #4092BB #A740BB

square

#BB6940 #55BB40 #4092BB #A740BB

split-complementary

#BB6940 #40BBA7 #4055BB

monochromatic

#603621 #8D4F30 #BB6940 #CD8C6C #DCB099

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#BB6940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.21

#BB6940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB6940

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB6940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB6940	1.00	4.03	5.21	5.21
#FFFFFF	4.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F743C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93863F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC595F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb6940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 105, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.119 46.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d59576',
    500: '#bb6940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb6940;
$custom-light: #d59576;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb6940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20,
    "s": 49.004,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60566,
    "c": 0.11873,
    "h": 46.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21038
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB6940

secondary

#8FB5C8

accent

#ABD94F

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF1ED

border

#D4CBC8

text

#150D08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB6940

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

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