#BB6A48#BB6A48

#BB6A48 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.114 H 43.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB6A48
RGB	rgb(187, 106, 72)
HSL	hsl(18, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(18, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.3%, 61.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.32, 29.14, 32.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.32, 43.97, 48.49°)
OKLab	oklab(60.85% 0.0835 0.0779)
OKLCH	oklch(60.85% 0.114 43)
XYZ	xyz(26.8193, 21.3435, 8.8369)
Luminance	0.2134 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB6A48 #4899BB

analogous

#BB485F #BB6A48 #BBA348

triadic

#BB6A48 #48BB6A #6A48BB

tetradic

#BB6A48 #5FBB48 #4899BB #A348BB

square

#BB6A48 #5FBB48 #4899BB #A348BB

split-complementary

#BB6A48 #48BBA3 #485FBB

monochromatic

#643825 #905036 #BB6A48 #CC8E75 #DCB3A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.99

#BB6A48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.27

#BB6A48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB6A48

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB6A48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB6A48	1.00	3.99	5.27	5.27
#FFFFFF	3.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#807545

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938647

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC5B62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb6a48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 106, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.114 43.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4957c',
    500: '#bb6a48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb6a48;
$custom-light: #d4957c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb6a48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.739,
    "s": 45.817,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60853,
    "c": 0.11423,
    "h": 43
  },
  "luminance": 0.21341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB6A48

secondary

#96BAC9

accent

#AFD552

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF2EE

border

#D4CCC9

text

#150D09

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB6A48

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

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